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Section 15
 

Determination of Election Results


(1) Surplus votes in any single-member constituency shall include:


a) votes cast for any candidate who failed to win the mandate and


b) the number of votes remaining after deducting the number of votes for the runner-up candidate plus one from the number of votes for the candidate who won the mandate.


(2) If two or more candidates receive the majority of votes with an identical number of votes in any single-member constituency, the votes for every candidate in the particular single-member constituency shall qualify as surplus votes.


(3) The surplus votes for any independently drawn up party list shall be the surplus votes for the candidates of the particular political party in the single-member constituencies.


(4) The surplus votes for any joint party list shall be the surplus votes for the joint candidates of the participating political parties in the single-member constituencies drawn up with the participation of the same political parties