New determination of the election result and filling a casual vacancy in the case of local government elections

(1) The chairman of the county council or the chairman of the municipal council shall ensure that the County Electoral Committee or the Electoral Committee performs a new determination of the election result if a member’s seat in the county council or the municipal council remains vacant.

(2) A new determination of the election result shall also be performed when an alternate’s seat has become vacant, where the chairman of the county council or the chairman of the municipal council find this necessary.

(3) If the number of alternates or of a group’s alternates has become insufficient, and the matter cannot be resolved by means of a new determination of the election result pursuant to subsection (2) above, the group in question may itself choose the person who shall take over the vacant seat as an alternate. Thereafter the group informs the County Electoral Committee or the Electoral Committee, who elect the person in question as an alternate provided the conditions for eligibility are satisfied.

(4) Where the election of members to the municipal council has been held by majority ballot, the candidate for the vacant seat is chosen by the municipal council. The second sentence of subsection (3) above applies correspondingly.

(5) Otherwise sections 11-11 and 11-13 apply correspondingly.