1.Within 9 days after adoption of the decision provided for in point 2 of part 1 of Article 95 of this Code, the political party (alliance of political parties) having received the relative majority of the total number of mandates distributed under parts 4-9 of Article 95 of this Code may form a political coalition with the other political parties (alliances of political parties) having participated in the distribution of mandates, where the sum of the votes cast in favour of them is sufficient for receiving 52 per cent of the total number of mandates distributed under parts 4-9 of Article 95 of this Code, and they have come to an agreement as to the candidate for Prime Minister.  

Where within 9 days following the adoption of the decision provided for in point 2 of part 1 of Article 95 of this Code, the political party (alliance of political parties) having received the relative majority of the total number of mandates distributed under parts 4-9 of this Code fails to form a political coalition as prescribed by this Article, any political party (alliance of political parties) having participated in the distribution of mandates as prescribed by parts 4-9 of Article 95 of this Code may, within a 5-day period, form a coalition with other political parties (alliance of political parties) having participated in the distribution of mandates, where the sum of the votes cast in favour of them is sufficient for receiving 52 per cent of the total number of mandates distributed under parts 4-9 of Article 95 of this Code, and they have come to an agreement as to the candidate for Prime Minister. 

2.Coalition member political parties (alliances of political parties) must — by 18:00 of the day of deadline for forming a coalition — submit to the Central Electoral Commission the decisions of permanently functioning governing bodies of coalition member political parties (all member political parties to alliances of political parties) on forming a coalition. The decision on forming a coalition must contain the surname, name, patronymic of the candidate for Prime Minister. In case of failure to submit or incomplete submission of the mentioned decisions within the prescribed time limit the coalition shall be considered as not having been formed. 

 3.The Central Electoral Commission shall — on the day following the expiry of the deadline provided for in part 2 of this Article — adopt a decision on holding a second round of election or on the National Assembly being elected.