Votes are converted into seats according to the Hondt proportional representation method, complying with the following rules:

a) The number of votes received for each list is counted separately in the respective constituency;

b) The number of votes counted for each list is divided, successively, by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc, and the quotients are sorted in a descending order, forming a series with as many terms as the number of seats allocated to the respective constituency;

c) Seats are attributed to the lists corresponding to the terms of the series established according to the previous rule, each list receiving the number of seats corresponding to the number of terms in the series;

d) If there is just one seat left to distribute, and the next terms of the series are equal and belong to different lists, the seat is attributed to the list that has the least number of votes.