(1) If one of the candidates from the list of candidates dies in the period from the day of publication of the list of candidates, the political party, or two or more political parties who proposed the candidate and the proponents of the list of candidates of a group of voters may propose in his/her place a new candidate, without collecting signatures in the candidacy procedure prescribed by this Act, up to 10 days before the elections are held.

(2) The candidate who has died shall be deleted from the list of candidates, and the candidate who is to supplement the list of candidates shall be placed last on the list. The remaining candidates on the list who come after the candidate who has died shall be moved up one place.

(3) If the candidate who died is the leader of the list, the list shall be supplemented in the manner established in paragraph 2 of this Article, and the second candidate on the list of candidates shall become the leader of the list.

(4) The list of candidates, supplemented with the new candidate pursuant to paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article, shall be published on the notice board and website of the unit, within 24 hours of the supplementation of the list of candidates.

(5) If one of the candidates from the list of candidates dies within a time shorter than 10 days before the day of the elections, the list of candidates shall be deemed valid.