A. Electoral system for the distribution of parliamentary mandates

After the distribution of mandates to the three “favoured candidates” and open list candidates receiving 10 per cent of “net” positive preferences, political party leaders then distribute the remaining mandates under the requirements of Article 86(3), which reflects the following principles: (1) candidates of the less represented gender shall be given a mandate so that this group has at least 30 per cent of the mandates in the electoral constituency; (2) at least 15 per cent of the candidates receiving a mandate, based on the total number of mandates in all constituencies, are 35 years of age or younger; (3) at least 15 per cent of the candidates receiving a mandate, based on the total number of mandates in all constituencies, “have various ethnicity”.