If within the time specified in section 9-405, no candidacy for nomination by a political party to a municipal office has been filed by or on behalf of a person other than a party-endorsed candidate or, in the case of election as member of the town committee of such party, by persons other than party-endorsed candidates numbering at least twenty-five per cent of the number of town committee members to be elected by such party either in the municipality or in the political subdivision, as the case may be, in conformity with the provisions of sections 9-405 to 9-412, inclusive, and 9-414, no primary shall be held by such party for such office or for town committee members, as the case may be, and the party-endorsed candidate or candidates for such office shall be deemed to have been lawfully chosen as the nominee or nominees of such party to such office, or, as the case may be, and the party-endorsed candidates for election as members of the town committee shall be deemed to have been lawfully elected to such positions at the times specified in section 9-392.

(June, 1955, S. 588d; November, 1955, S. N68; 1957, P.A. 518, S. 15; 1958 Rev., S. 9-96; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 44; P.A. 79-616, S. 13, 24; P.A. 03-241, S. 35.)

History: 1963 act restated previous provisions; P.A. 79-616 changed reference from Sec. 9-399 to Sec. 9-400; P.A. 03-241 deleted provisions re convention delegate candidacies and substituted “sections 9-405 to 9-412, inclusive, and 9-414”, for “sections 9-400 to 9-414, inclusive,”, effective January 1, 2004, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after that date.