The filing of an action with the Court of First Instance contesting the results of an election shall not prevent the person from being certified as elected, taking office, and performing the duties thereof. In the case of senators and representatives, the contested candidate shall not be certified until the court resolves said contest, which shall be done not later than the first day of January following a general election, or sixty (60) days following a special election.\nIn case of the election of candidates for offices other than senator or representative, if a partial or total contest of the election arises between two (2) or more candidates for an office or offices, and the court is unable to decide which of them was elected, the court shall direct that a new election be held in the precinct or precincts affected, to be carried out under the regulations prescribed to such effect.\nHistory —June 1, 2011, No. 78, § 10.017.
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