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In order to qualify for the allocation of mandates, Article 105.6 requires that a candidate list must “receive no less than 7% of the votes of the voters”. However, the Election Code does not state how the number of the “votes of the voters” is determined. It is recommended that the manner in which the number of the “votes of the voters” is determined be clearly stated in the Election Code. This is necessary in order to clarify the legal effect of blank ballots, invalid ballots, and discrepancies between the number of ballots found in a ballot box and the number of signatures in the voters’ lists in polling stations. It is recommended that only valid votes are taken into consideration, since it is only the valid votes that disclose a clear political choice.[21]