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Article 67
 

Allocation of supplemental mandates



Forty supplemental seats are allocated to political parties and coalitions of parties, in accordance with the results only of the voting conducted on election day and according to the following rules:





Parties that win less than 2.5 percent and coalitions that win less than 4 percent of the valid votes in the whole country do not benefit from supplemental seats. In order to establish the percentage of a coalition that submits a composed multi-name list, the total number of valid votes of the coalition is determined by summing up the votes obtained separately by each party or  coalition in the proportional voting section of the ballot paper.



The number of valid votes won by each party or coalition meeting the respective threshold is divided by the sum of valid votes they have obtained in the whole country, and the result is multiplied by 140.  Each of these parties or coalitions is allocated initially a general number of seats equal to the whole number obtained by the above-mentioned calculation.  The remaining seats are allocated to the subjects with the largest remainders.  In case the remainders for the last seat are equal, lots are drawn.



In order to determine the number of supplemental seats to be allocated to each party or coalition, the number of seats won in single-member zones is deducted from the number of seats allocated to each party or coalition according to letter (b) of this article.  If the difference is negative or zero, the respective party or coalition keeps only the seats won in single-member zones.



ç)   Notwithstanding letter (b), if:



independent candidates are elected in one or more single-member zones;



parties or coalitions that do not meet the respective threshold win seats in one or more single-member zones; or



parties or coalitions that meet the respective threshold win more seats in single-member zones than they are entitled to on the basis of letter (b),



then the following formula applies to the allocation of supplemental seats to parties or coalitions for which the difference according to letter (c) is positive:

N = (A – B) [40/(40 + C)], where N is the number of supplemental seats gained by each party or coalition, A is the number of seats allocated to each party or coalition according to letter (b), B is the number of seats they won in single-member zones, and C is the total number of seats won according to points (i), (ii), and (iii) of this letter (in the case of point iii, only the excess is added).  Each of these parties and coalitions is allocated initially as many seats as the whole number obtained by this calculation. The seats that remain are allocated to the subjects with the largest remainders, in descending order.  In case the remainders for the last seat are equal, lots are drawn.

d)   Deputies are elected from the multi-name lists of parties or party coalitions according to their respective order;

dh) If the number of candidates on a multi-name list of a political party or coalition is smaller than the number of seats to which that party or coalition is entitled according to this article, the unfilled seats are divided among the other parties and coalitions of parties that exceed the respective threshold in accordance with the following formula:

The number of valid votes won by each of the above parties or coalitions is divided by the total of the valid votes won by them, and the result is multiplied by the number of unfilled seats.  A number of supplemental seats equal to the whole number that results from the above calculation is initially allocated to each of these parties or coalitions.  The seats that remain are allocated to the parties or coalitions with the largest decimal remainders.  If the decimal remainders for the last seat are equal, lots are drawn.