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Section 42
 

Conditions for allocating seats


(1) The Central Electoral Commission shall establish how many valid votes were cast for each political party or coalition.


(2) The Central Electoral Commission shall also establish:


a) which political parties obtained less than five per cent of the total number of votes cast;


b) which coalitions consisting of two or three political parties obtained less than seven per cent of the total number of votes cast; and


c) which coalitions consisting of not fewer than four political parties obtained less than ten per cent of the total number of votes cast.


(3) When further establishing the election results and allocating seats, the Central Electoral Commission shall not take into account the political parties or coalitions pursuant to subsection (2) nor the votes cast for them. 


(4) If the Central Electoral Commission establishes that the requirements pursuant to subsection (2) have not been fulfilled by any political party or coalition then it shall lower the thresholds as follows:


a) for a political party, from five per cent to four per cent;


b) for a coalition mentioned in subsection (2)(b), from seven per cent to six per cent; and


c) for a coalition mentioned in subsection 2(c), from ten per cent to nine per cent;


so that when further establishing the election results and allocating seats, it is possible to take into account not fewer than two political parties, or two coalitions, or one political party and one coalition.