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Article 88
 

The electoral commission shall divide the mandates using the system of the greatest denominator.

The number of mandates received by each list shall be determined by dividing the total number of votes won by each list in the electoral unit by numbers from one to the number of representatives elected in that particular electoral unit. These fractions are then arranged by size, taking into account as many greatest fractions as there are representatives that are being elected in the electoral unit. Each list shall receive as many mandates as fractions belong to it.

Should two or more electoral lists acquire the same fractions, which would grant them one or more mandates, and should there be no more undistributed mandates, the mandate shall go to the electoral list with the greater total of won votes.

In the case that a certain electoral list receives more mandates than there are candidates on the list the mandate shall go to the list with the next greatest fraction.

In the case that not a single electoral list receives at least 5% of the cast votes determined by article 87. of this Law, the mandates shall be distributed in accordance with par. 1 to 3 hereabove.