2010 ED] CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES [CAP 167
(4) Where immediately before the day appointed for the
holding of an election there is only one candidate for election for
an electoral area and that candidate has, since the day
immediately following the day of the closing of the nominations
for that area, been the sole candidate for the area, no ballot shall
be held and-
(a) all the persons who were entitled to vote at
the election in the electoral area shall be
deemed to have cast their votes in favour
of the candidate; and
(b) the Electoral Commission shall declare the
candidate to be the directly elected
member for the electoral area.
(5) Where on the day immediately following the day of
closing of nominations for an electoral area more than one
candidate stand nominated for that area and on the day
immediately before the day of election only one candidate stands
nominated by reason of the withdrawal of nomination of other
candidates or no candidate stands nominated by reason of the
withdrawal of nomination of all the candidates the election shall
be postponed and a further period of not less than seven days
shall be allowed for nomination of other candidates for that area.
(6) Where on the day immediately following the day of
closing of nominations for an electoral area one or more
candidates stand nominated for that area and one or more of them
die before the day of election, the election shall be postponed and
a further period of not less than seven days from the date of death
of the candidate shall be allowed for nomination of other
candidates for that area.
(7) The election postponed pursuant to clause (5) or (6) shall be
held on such date as the Electoral Commission may decide but,
in any case, not later that thirty days of the occurrence of the
event specified in those clauses which occurred last and the
candidates nominated pursuant, to those clauses shall,
notwithstanding their withdrawal, be deemed to be the candidates
for that election.
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