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Chapter 14
 

The seats in a municipal assembly in a municipality that constitutes a single constituency shall be distributed between the parties that received at least 2 per cent of the votes in the municipality. In a municipality that is divided into two or more constituencies, the seats shall be distributed between the parties that received at least 3 per cent of the votes in the municipality.


The seats in a county council assembly shall be distributed between the parties that received at least 3 per cent of the votes in the county council.


The seats in an election to the European Parliament shall be distributed between the parties that received at least 4 per cent of the votes in Sweden.