Stating the number of seats

(1) The number of seats allocated to each constituency, calculated in accordance with the regulations laid out in § 4, has to be announced and published in the Federal Law Gazette by the Federal Minister of Internal Affairs immediately after the determination of the final results of the last census.

(2) The announced distribution of seats has to be at the basis of all parliament National Council elections which take place after the coming into force of the announced seat distribution and before the publication of the new one, following the next census.