1. The fund defined according to letter “a” of article 87/2 is calculated by dividing this fund with the total number of valid votes received by the political parties, which profit funds according to letter “a” of article 87/2 of this Code. The result from this division is multiplied by the number of valid votes received by the respective political party in the previous elections.

2. The fund defined according to letter “b" of article 87/2 is distributed by dividing this fund with the number of the political parties that profit funds, but in no case may this amount be higher than the smallest amount profited by one party, according to point 1 of this article.

3. For elections to the Assembly, the applied criterion is the result at national level as declared by the CEC for the previous elections to the Assembly. For local government elections, the applied criterion is the result for the local councils at national level, as declared by CEC for the previous local government elections.

4. The fund determined to be distributed, according to article 87/2, is given to each party no later than 5 days from the registration of the multi-name lists, or to the candidates for mayor of the local government unit of the respective party.