Provision of mandates to Deputies
1.Provision of mandates to candidates included in the electoral list of a political party shall be carried out upon the protocol of the Central Electoral Commission, by registering the elected Deputies of the National Assembly. The candidate having received a mandate from one part of the electoral list shall be removed from the other part of the electoral list.
2.Firstly, mandates shall be provided to the representatives of national minorities as prescribed by part 9 of Article 95 of this Code.
Secondly, mandates shall be provided to candidates of the first part of the electoral list of the political party, in sequential order. Where, as a result of it, all mandates of the political party are distributed among representatives of the same sex, the last candidate shall give up his or her mandate to the candidate under the smallest number from the unrepresented sex from the first part of the electoral list, if any. If the number of candidates included in the first part of the electoral list of a political party is smaller than the number of mandates available, the relevant mandates shall remain vacant.
3.The mandate of a Deputy — who has waived the mandate under the first part of the electoral list or who has been elected as Deputy therefrom and whose powers have been early terminated — shall be given to the next candidate in sequence in the first part of the electoral list of that political party upon a protocol of the Central Electoral Commission, within a 1-week period after notifying the Commission, and where as a result of it, the number of representatives of any sex in the given faction falls below and results in less than 30 per cent, it shall be given to the next candidate of the less represented sex from the first part of the electoral list of that political party, if any.
4.Where there is no other candidate in the first part of the electoral list, the mandate shall remain vacant. Within the meaning of this Article, the notary-certified application for recusal or for waiver of the mandate shall be deemed valid within the meaning of this Article where it has been submitted to the Central Electoral Commission within a maximum 3-day period after certification by a notary.
5.The mandate of a Deputy — who has waived the mandate under the second part of the electoral list or who has been elected as Deputy therefrom and whose powers have been early terminated — shall be given to the candidate under the smallest number in the list of the same national minority of the second part of the electoral list of that political party upon a protocol of the Central Electoral Commission, within a 1-week period after notifying the Commission, in case there are no any, the mandate shall remain vacant.
6.Applications for recusal or waiver of the mandate submitted by persons included in the electoral list of a political party shall be certified by a notary, or the person shall confirm such application at the sitting of the Central Electoral Commission.
7.In case of submitting an application for recusal, the name, surname of the citizen shall be removed from the first and second parts of the electoral list as prescribed by the Central Electoral Commission.
