In the event of the death or resignation of an elected full member or the loss of the capacity in respect of which he was elected, he is replaced by his alternate.
If, for reasons of the same nature, the alternate is unable to sit, the first non-elected full member candidate in the order of presentation of the list is called upon. However, for the replacement of either the president of a community or agglomeration union, or the president of another grouping of municipalities, only a candidate with the same capacity may be called upon in this order of presentation.
When a replacement cannot be made in accordance with the procedure laid down in the previous paragraph before the twelfth month preceding the general renewal of the municipal councils, by-elections are held within three months; all the members of the corresponding college take part in the vote.