If a special election is called to fill a vacancy in any office for which a party nomination may be made, the proper party committee shall call a convention to make a party nomination for the office, and the district must be duly convened and shall elect the required number of delegates to the convention. Individual nominations for special elections must be made in accordance with the provisions of chapter 16.1-12.
N.D.C.C. § 16.1-13-14