Allocation of parliamentary seats

When adjustment seats are allocated, only the political organisations that have received at least five per cent of valid votes cast for the whole country may be considered.

To establish how many adjustment seats are to be allocated to a political organisation that meets the conditions of paragraph 1, and which of its lists of candidates is to receive a adjustment seat, the number of votes cast for the organisation in the country as a whole and the number of constituency seats allocated to it shall be counted, in accordance with Article 107.

Then the following rules shall be applied with respect to this particular organisation:

1. The number of votes cast for the organisation is divided by the number of constituency seats, first by adding the number 1, then the number 2, then the number 3, etc. The conclusive figures are referred to as the national ranking numbers of the organisation.


2. A list shall be drawn up of the two seats of each list of candidates that came closest to receiving an allocation in the constituencies according to Article 107. For each of these seats, the proportion of the conclusive figure for the seat according to item 1 of Article 107 of all the valid votes cast in the constituency shall be recorded.


3. The highest national ranking number (according to item 1 of this paragraph) which has not already been cancelled shall be found. A compensatory seat shall be allocated to the political organisation possessing that countrywide votes; specifically, to its candidate list with the highest proportional index under item 2. The countrywide votes and the proportional index shall then both be cancelled.


4. If two or more national ranking number or proportional indices are equal when these are used according to item 3 above, then the order in which they are used shall be determined by lot.


5. When adjustment seats have been allocated for each constituency according to paragraph 2 of Article 8, the proportional indices for all lists in the constituencies shall be cancelled.


6. If all the proportional indices of a political organisation have been removed, then its national ranking number shall also be cancelled.


7. The provisions of item 3 shall be applied as often as necessary until the allocation of all the adjustment seats is complete, cf. paragraph 2 of Article 8.

Adjustment seat members and deputy members of the Althing