§ 1. Two days after the vote, the clerk of the Senate calculates the total number of votes for each political alliance on the basis of the summary tables mention end in articles 210sexies and 210septies.

§ 2. Are only admitted to the distribution of the seats the political alliances whose lists obtains at least 5 % of the total general and valid votes of the election to the Flemish Parliament.

§ 3. The total number of votes of each political alliance is gradually divided by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc. and the quotients are classified according to their importance, until 29 quotients concur on all of the lists. The last quotient serves as an electoral divisor.

The distribution between the political alliances admitted to the distribution of the seats happens by appointing to each of it as many seats as its number of votes contains the divisor. If several political alliances are entitled to a seat, it is appointed to the one with the highest number of votes.