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Article 47 The election of the President of the Republic takes place thirty days at least and sixty days at most before the expiration of the mandate of the President in office. In the cases specified in Articles 52 and 132 of this Constitution, those time periods run after the declaration of the vacancy by the High Constitutional Court. The election takes place at the first round with the absolute majority of the suffrage expressed. If this is not obtained, the President of the Republic is elected in the second round by the majority of the suffrage expressed between the two candidates having obtained the greatest number of votes in the first round. The second round takes place thirty days at most after the official proclamation of the results of the first round. In the case of death of one of the candidates before a round of the ballot, or if another case of force majeure occurs, duly declared by the High Constitutional Court, the election is postponed to a new date within the conditions and according to the modalities that will be specified by an organic law. The President in office who is a non-candidate to the elections remains in office, until the investiture of his successor within the conditions specified in Article 48. Madagascar 2010 Page 11 constituteproject.org PDF generated: 31 Oct 2013, 18:43