notwithstanding that there may be only one candidate
nominated for election.
(2)
Where a nominated candidate dies between nomination day
and polling day, the Independent Electoral Commission
shall appoint a new nomination day and, if necessary, a
new day or days for the election.
(3)
No person shall be elected as President on a first ballot
unless the votes cast in his or her favour at the election are
more than fifty per cent of the total number of votes validly
cast at that election.
(4)
If, on a first ballot, there was only one candidate and he or
she fails to obtain the percentage of the votes validly cast as
specified in subsection (3), new nomination and election
days shall be appointed, if, at the close of nominations for a
second ballot,
(a)
(b)
Challenge to 49.
election of a President
(5)
If, on the first ballot, there were two or more candidates, a
second ballot shall be held within fourteen days between
the two candidates who received the highest number of
votes validly cast at the first ballot. In the event that more
than two candidates received equally the highest number or
second highest number of votes, all of them shall
participate in the second ballot.
(6)
On a second ballot, the candidate, who receives the highest
number of votes shall be declared to have been duly elected
President.
Any registered political party which has participated in the
Presidential election or an independent candidate who has
participated in such an election may apply to the Supreme Court to
determine the validity of the election of a President by filling a
petition within ten days of the declaration of the result of the
election.
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there is only one candidate nominated, he or she
shall be declared to have been duly elected
President,
there are more than one candidate nominated, a
second ballot shall be held.
(1)
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES
An Act of the National assembly shall establish a
Boundaries Commission which shall be responsible