If, on distribution of the permanent constituency seats, a party has received more seats than corresponds to a proportional representation in the whole of Sweden, surplus seats shall be returned.

Returns under the first paragraph shall be made in the constituency or constituencies where the party has been allocated the seat or seats by the lowest comparative number. However, returns must not be made in a constituency with less than three permanent constituency seats.

Seats that are returned under the second paragraph shall, pursuant to the provisions in Section 3, be distributed between the other parties in the constituency that have not achieved proportional representation in the whole of Sweden through the distribution of permanent constituency seats.