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III. Electoral system


A. The system of representation for the National Assembly and the Grand National Assembly









Annex No 1 describes the steps for the distribution of seats to constituencies: first, the 240 seats are distributed according to the method of the largest remainders. If some constituencies have less than four seats allocated, these four seats are then allocated to such constituencies in a second step. The remaining seats are then distributed in a third step to the constituencies which had obtained more than four seats in the first step.21 However, the procedure does not address the situation if, following this third step, some constituencies would be allocated fewer than four seats. The solution could be that these constituencies receive four seats and the rest of the seats are distributed again. The procedure would then be repeated until all constituencies have received four or more seats. The Venice Commission and the OSCE/ODIHR recommend this clarification be written into the procedure in the Annex.22