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Article 163
 

Allocation of seats within a coalition

1. Immediately after the completion of the calculation of the result in accordance with article 162 of this Code, the CEC calculates the allocation of seats inside coalitions for each electoral zone, based on the number of valid votes won by each member party of the coalition in the respective electoral zone and on the number of seats won by the coalition in the respective electoral zone. 

2. The number of valid votes for each party is divided continuously by odd natural numbers, called denominators, starting with number 1 and by ending with the natural number that corresponds to the double of the number of seats allocated to the respective electoral zone. If the quotient obtained through the division is a number with a decimal remainder, the closest whole number is to be considered the quotient. 

3. The quotients obtained through each division are placed on a list ranked from the largest quotient to the smallest one, listing alongside them the subject to which the respective quotient belongs. If the quotient is a number with a decimal remainder, the nearest whole number is to be considered as the quotient. The ranking of the quotients continues until it reaches the number of seats allocated to the coalition in the respective electoral zone. 

4. A political party is allocated a number of seats equal to the number of quotients included in the list defined in point 3 of this article. If, for the allocation of the last seat in the list defined in point 3 of this article, there are two or more subjects with the same quotient, the seat is allocated to the subject that has obtained the largest number of votes and, if they have obtained the same number of votes, then it is decided by lot among those parties. The lot is drawn publicly at the CEC in the presence of the interested subjects. 

5. Immediately after the completion of the procedures for the allocation of seats to each political party in accordance with this article, the CEC determines the nominal seats for each political party based on the list of candidates deposited in accordance with point 4 of article 67 of this Code, in a descending order, starting from the ordinal number one. 

6. A party chairman who has been registered on more than one list, in accordance with point 3 of article 67 of this Code, and who has won a seat in more than one electoral zone, keeps only the seat won in the electoral zone where the winning list has received the smallest number of votes, in accordance with the calculations of articles 162 and 163 of this Code. The other seats won by the party’s chairman are allocated to the other candidates who rank immediately after him on the respective multi-name list. 

7. The allocation of seats for each electoral zone, in accordance with article 162 and this article, is approved by a decision. The decision is taken separately for each electoral zone. The decision can be appealed to the Electoral College in accordance with the procedures of Part XI of this Code by the subjects provided in point 1 of article 124, including also the candidates of the multi-name lists.