If at the expiration of the time for the filing of nomination petitions, the number of candidates for each and every office to be voted upon shall not exceed the number of candidates to be nominated for such respective offices, then no primary election shall be held and the persons who have filed such petitions and nominating statements shall be nominated.
The names of such candidates shall be printed upon the ballot to be voted at the next municipal election in the same manner as though such candidates had been nominated at a regularly held primary election.