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Article 97
 

Formation of political coalitions


1. Within 6 days after adoption of the decision provided for in point 2 of part 1 of Article 95 of this Code, any political party (alliance of political parties) having passed the electoral thresholds may form a political coalition with maximum 2 other political parties (alliances of political parties) having passed the electoral thresholds, where the sum of the votes cast in favour of them is sufficient for receiving the majority of the total number of mandates distributed under parts 4-9 of Article 95 of this Code, and they have come to an agreement as to the candidate for Prime Minister.


2. Coalition member political parties (alliances of political parties) must — by 18:00 of the day of deadline for forming a coalition — submit to the CEC the decisions on forming a coalition of permanently functioning governing bodies of coalition member political parties (all member political parties to alliances of political parties). The decision on forming a coalition must contain the surname, name, patronymic of the candidate for Prime Minister. In case of failure to submit or incomplete submission of the mentioned decisions within the prescribed deadline the coalition shall be considered as not having formed.


3. Where the formed coalition has received the majority but less than 54 per cent of the total number of mandates distributed under parts 4-9 of Article 95 of this Code, the coalition shall receive as many minimum additional mandates as necessary for the total number of mandates of the coalition, expressed in per cents, to result in no less than 54 per cent. 
Additional mandates shall be distributed among coalition member political parties (alliances of political parties) in proportion with the number of ballot papers with affirmative vote cast in favour of every of them. The calculation of the number of mandates available for every political party (alliance of political parties) shall be carried out as follows: the number of ballot papers with affirmative vote cast in favour of every political party (alliance of political parties) shall be multiplied by the number of additional mandates, the product shall be divided by the total number of ballot papers with affirmative vote cast in favour of the coalition member political parties (alliances of political parties), and integer numbers shall be parted which shall be the numbers of additional mandates available for every political party (alliance of political parties). The remaining mandates shall be distributed among political parties (alliances of political parties) by the sequence of value of remainders, by the principle of one mandate to each. In case the values of remainders are equal, the contested mandate shall be given to the political party (alliance of political parties) with the highest number of ballot papers with affirmative vote cast in favour, and in the event of a tie, the mandate shall be given by drawing of lots. Distribution of additional mandates — available for coalition member political parties (alliance of political parties) — among national and district candidate lists, as well as among electoral districts shall be carried out in such a manner so as to observe the rules of part 7 of Article 95 of this Code for the distribution of mandates available for a political party (alliance of political parties). In the case provided for in this part, the CEC shall also adopt a decision on allocation of additional mandates.


4. The CEC shall — on the day following the expiry of the deadline provided for in part 2 of this Article — adopt a decision on holding a second round of election or on the National Assembly being elected.