In the procedure stipulated by law and at the time of the determination of the voting results for the representative bodies of the units of local and regional self-government, a competent election commission shall determine and announce whether national minorities have been adequately represented in the election as guaranteed by the Constitutional Act on the Rights of National Minorities and the Statute of the unit of local and regional self-government. Regarding this, the State Election Commission shall issue detailed instructions and exercise supervision of the election procedure.
In case in the election a sufficient number of the representatives of national minorities to the representative bodies of the unit has not been reached pursuant to the provisions of the Constitutional Act on the Rights of National Minorities and the Statute of the unit, the number of representatives of the representative bodies shall increase up to the number necessary to ensure a sufficient number of representatives of national minorities. Only those members of a certain minority shall be considered elected who have been nominated to the electoral lists, and have not been elected, in the sequence according to proportional success of every list in the election.
In case even by applying the provision referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article a sufficient number of the representatives of national minorities to the representative body of the unit has not been reached, a by-election of the representatives of national minorities shall be called in the unit within 90 days from the day the representative body of the unit was constituted.
The procedure referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall also be conducted in case during the term of office of the representative body the number of representatives of national minorities decreases and becomes insufficient.
In case the number of members of the representative body of the unit exceeds the number stipulated by the Statute of the unit pursuant to the provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article, the total number of members of the representative body can be even, which is an exception to the provision of Article 28 paragraph 1 of the Act on Local and Regional Self-Government.
