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Article 202
 

§ 1 The determination of the number of deputies elected in individual constituencies and regional division of constituencies shall be by way of norms on uniform standard of representation, calculated by dividing the number of inhabitants of the country by the total number of deputies selected for in constituencies, taking into account the provisions of Article. 201 and the following rules:


1) a fraction of the number of mandates of deputies elected in constituencies equal to or greater than 1 / 2, which arise from the application of a uniform standard of representation, shall be rounded up to the nearest integer;


2) if the outcome of the proceedings referred to in paragraph 1, shall be that the number of deputies elected in constituencies exceeds the number provided for by art. 193, the excess mandates are subtracted from the electoral districts in which the standard representation for the constituency is the smallest. Where the number of deputies is smaller than the number provided for in art. 193 additional seats are allocated to that election district in which the standard representation calculated for the constituency is the largest.


§ 2 Division into constituencies, their numbers and boundaries and the number of deputies elected in each constituency, as well as the registered office of the constituency electoral commissions is set out in Annex 1 of the Code.


§ 3 Information about the constituency shall be communicated to the voters of the electoral in the form of an official announcement of the National Electoral Commission no later than 52 days prior to election day. Printing and posting of notices is provided by the National Election Office.