§ Article 98(untitled)

Second round of election of the National Assembly

1. The second round of election of the National Assembly shall be held on the 28th

 day after the voting day. Two political parties (alliances of political parties) having

 received the maximum number of affirmative votes of electors shall run in the

 second round of election, with the exception of the case prescribed by part 3 of

 this Article.

2. New alliances — comprised of political parties (alliances of political parties)

 having passed the thresholds — may be formed with political parties (alliances of

 political parties) running in the second round of election, where they have come

 to an agreement as to the candidate for Prime Minister.

 The application on forming a new alliance — signed by heads of all member

 political parties to the new alliance (all member political parties to the alliance of

 political parties) — shall be submitted to the Central Electoral Commission — till

 the 5th day following the adoption of the decision on holding a second round, by

 18:00, as prescribed by the Central Electoral Commission. The mentioned

 application must contain the surname, name, patronymic of the candidate for

 Prime Minister. In case of failure to submit the application on forming a new

 alliance within the prescribed time limit or in case of submitting it incompletely,

 the new alliance shall be considered as not formed.

3. Where 2 political parties (alliances of political parties), having received the

 maximum number of ballot papers with affirmative vote, form a new alliance

 together, the next political party (alliance of political parties) with the maximum

 number of ballot papers with affirmative vote, having received the maximum

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 number of ballot papers with affirmative vote and not included in the new

 alliance, shall run in the second round of election with which a new alliance may

 be formed as well. The application on forming that new alliance, signed by heads

 of member political parties to the alliance (all member political parties to the

 alliances of political parties) shall be submitted to the Central Electoral

 Commission till the 7th day, by 18:00, following the decision of the Central

 Electoral Commission on holding a second round of election, as prescribed by

 the Central Electoral Commission.

4. Where the new alliance — the member political parties (alliances of political

 parties) to which by the results of the first round have together received 54 per

 cent or more of the total number of mandates distributed under parts 4-9 of

 Article 95 of this Code — wins in the second round of election, they shall

 preserve the received mandates.

5. Where the new alliance — the member political parties (alliances of political

 parties) to which by the results of the first round have together received more

 than 2/3 of mandates distributed under parts 4-9 of Article 95 of this Code —

 wins in the second round of election, the other political parties (alliances of

 political parties) shall receive additional mandates as prescribed by part 2 of

 Article 96 of this Code.

6. The political party (alliance of political parties) or the new alliance having won in

 the second round of election which (whose member political parties together) by

 the results of the first round has received less than 54 per cent of mandates

 distributed under parts 4-9 of Article 95, shall receive additional mandates as

 prescribed by parts 1 and 3 of Article 96 of this Code.

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 Article 99. Summarisation of results of the second round of election of the
 National Assembly

1. The Central Electoral Commission shall, as prescribed by Article 75 of this Code

 and on the 7th day following the voting day of the second round of election,

 summarise the results of elections of the National Assembly and adopt any of the

 following decisions:

 (1) on the National Assembly being elected;

 (2) on calling repeat voting in separate electoral precincts;

 (3) on declaring elections of the National Assembly invalid. In that case the
 President of the Republic shall call a new regular election of the National
 Assembly.

2. In cases prescribed by parts 1 and 2 of Article 96 of this Code, the Central
 Electoral Commission shall also adopt a decision on distribution of additional
 mandates.