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Article 79
 

79.-(1) In the region(s) where a party has obtained compensatory seats according to section 78, the party's vote in the respective multi-member constituencies shall be divided by the figures 1-4-7-10, a.s.o. In each multi-member constituency a number of the largest quotients equivalent to the number of constituency seats obtained by the party in the multi-member constituency shall subsequently be omitted.

(2) The multi-member constituency which subsequently has the largest quotient, shall have the first compensatory seat. The next compensatory seat shall be allocated to the multi-member constituency which has the second largest quotient and so on and so forth until the number of compensatory seats which the party has obtained in the region has been distributed.

(3) If, by distribution of compensatory seats in regions or multi-member constituencies two or more quotients are of equal size, lots shall be drawn.