1. Notwithstanding the first sentence of section U 2, subsection 1, each vote cast in a public body shall count for a number of votes equal to the figure obtained by dividing the population of that public body by a hundred times the number of members comprising the island council of that public body.

2. The population of a public body is taken to be the population published by Statistics Netherlands (CBS) in accordance with subsection 3.

3. Statistics Netherlands shall publish the populations of the public bodies in the same way as provided in section U 2, subsections 3 and 4.

4. The central electoral committee shall publish the vote values determined in accordance with this section in conjunction with section U 2 at the same time and in the same manner as provided in section U 2, subsection 5.