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Article 399
 

(1) Municipal councillors shall be elected according to a proportional representation election system from candidate lists of the following registered in multi-member constituencies by: 


1. parties and coalitions;
2. nomination committees.


(2) When voting for a candidate list of a party or coalition, the voter may mark one preference for a candidate on the candidate list for municipal councillors, thereby expressing the preference thereof regarding the ranking of the candidates on the candidate list for which the voter votes.


(3) The allocation of seats shall be limited to the parties, coalitions and independent candidates which and who have gained valid votes that are not less than the municipal electoral quota.