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Article 13
 

1. The total number of Members of Parliament is 230.


2. The total number of Members of Parliament for the constituencies of the national territory is 226, distributed proportionally to the number of electors in each constituency using the Hondt rule of the highest average, in line with the criterion established in article 16.


3. Each of the constituencies mentioned in no. 4 of the previous article corresponds to two Members of Parliament.


4. The National Elections Commission will publish in the Diário da República, 1 st Series, between 60 and 55 days before the scheduled date for the elections, a chart with the number of Members of Parliament and their distribution over the constituencies.


5. When elections are scheduled less than 60 days in advance, the National Elections Commission will publish the chart with the number and distribution of the Members of Parliament between 55 and 53 days before the scheduled date for the elections.


6. The chart mentioned in the previous numbers is drawn up based on the number of electors according to the last update of the register of electors.