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Article 20.13
 

(1) Until the Entities form multi-member constituencies, the following multi-member constituencies shall exist.


a) Of 98 members of the House of Representatives of the Federation of BiH who shall be directly elected by voters registered to vote for the territory of the Federation of BiH, 73 shall be elected from among twelve 12 multi-member constituencies, and 25 shall be compensatory mandates elected from the territory of the Federation of BiH as a whole.


The mandates shall be distributed in accordance with Articles 9.5 to 9.8 of this law.


b) 73 multi-member constituency mandates for the House of Representatives of the BiH Federation Parliament shall be allocated according to the following:


1) Constituency 1 consists of Canton 1 and elects nine members.


2) Constituency 2 consists of Canton 2, part of Canton 3 (Gradačac, Gračanica, Doboj- East) and voters from Brčko District who have registered to vote in the Federation of BiH and elects five members.


3) Constituency 3 consists of part of Canton 3 (Lukavac, Srebrenik, Tuzla, Čelić) and elects seven members.


4) Constituency 4 consists of part of Canton 3 (Teočak, Banovići, Živinice, Kalesija, Sapna and Kladanj) and elects four members.


5) Constituency 5 consists of part of Canton 4 (Doboj-South, Tešanj, Maglaj, Žepče, Zavidovići, Zenica and Usora) and elects eight members.


6) Constituency 6 consists of part of Canton 4 (Kakanj, Vareš, Olovo, Visoko and Breza) and elects four members.


7) Constituency 7 consists of Canton 5 and part of Canton 9 (Novi Grad-Sarajevo, Ilidža, Hadžići and Trnovo) and elects six members.


8) Constituency 8 consists of Canton 6 and elects nine members.


9) Constituency 9 consists of Canton 7 and elects eight members.


10) Constituency 10 consists of Canton 8 and elects three members.


11) Constituency 11 consists of part of canton 9 (Ilijaš, Vogošća, Centar-Sarajevo, Stari Grad-Sarajevo, Novo Sarajevo) and elects seven members.


12) Constituency 12 consists of Canton 10 and elects three members.


(2) Of 83 members of the National Assembly of the Republika Srpska, who shall be directly elected by voters registered to vote for the territory of the Republika Srpska, 62 shall be elected from among 6 multi-member constituencies and 21 shall be compensatory mandates elected from the territory of the Republika Srpska as a whole. The mandates shall be distributed in accordance with Articles 9.5 to 9.8 of this Law.