Election of Mayor

(1) A candidate running for Mayor shall be considered elected if he/she obtained more than half of the valid votes cast by all participating voters.

(2) If none of candidates running for Mayor received more than half of the valid votes cast, within 2 weeks, a second-round of elections shall be conducted between the two candidates who received the highest number of votes. These two candidates are listed on the ballot paper in descending order as per the number of votes received in the first round. If several candidates obtained an equal number of votes in the first round, the District Electoral Council shall conduct the draw the lots, recording that fact in a minutes.

(3) The date of the second round of elections shall be set by the decision of the Central Electoral Commission, immediately after processing the voting results of the first round of elections, but not later than 10 days before the respective elections. The information on the conduct of the second round of elections shall be made public by the Central Electoral Commission within 24 hours after the date decision was approved.

(4) The candidate who obtained the highest number of votes in the second round of elections shall be declared as elected. If both candidates obtained the same number of votes, the candidate who has received more votes during the first round of elections shall be considered as elected. If both candidates have received the same number of votes in the first round of elections, the District Electoral Council shall conduct the draw the lots, recording that fact in a minutes.

(5) If one of the candidates withdraws, the remaining candidate shall be considered as elected if he/she received at least half of votes of the voters who have participated in elections.