(1) When allocating mandates to fill mandates terminated in accordance with article 1.10 of this law, a minimum representation of four members of each constituent people shall be ensured.

(2) The following rules will apply and supersede the solutions specified in Article 9.9 and 9.10 of this Law whenever the application of these articles would bring the representation of a Constituent people below the minimum spelled out in Article 10.1 of this law:

a) If the mandate of the elected independent candidate terminates, in accordance with Article 11.8 of this Law, the vacant position shall be filled by a candidate from the political party or coalition with the highest quotient in the same constituency, and which, in accordance with Article 9.8, paragraph (2) of this Law, still has qualified candidates on its list from the same constituent people as the independent candidate whose mandate has terminated.

1) If the political party or coalition does not have enough eligible candidates on the list in the same constituency to fill seats allocated to it, the mandate shall be transferred to the party or coalition’s list having received the highest number of votes and having such candidates left on its list(s) in any other constituency in accordance with article 9.8, paragraph (2) of this Law.

b) If an elected political party or coalition candidate’s mandate terminates, then the mandate shall be given to the next candidate from the same constituency list and belonging to the same constituent people as the original candidate in accordance with Article 9.8, paragraph (2) of this Law.

1) Should there be no more candidates on the same constituency list belonging to the same constituent people, then the mandate shall be given to the list of the same political party or coalition in another constituency that received the highest number of votes, in accordance with Article 9.8, paragraph (2) of this Law.