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Paragraph 24
 

This positive move towards a proportional electoral system is relativized by three major mechanisms: firstly draft Article 37(6) maintains the 5% threshold rule in legislative elections provided by Article 50(2) of the Constitution in force. According to Draft Article 37(6) mandates shall be distributed only to those political parties which receive at least 5 percent of votes cast in the elections. With the purpose of determining the number of mandates received by a political party, the number of votes received by this party shall be multiplied by 150 and divided by the total number of votes received by all political parties. The resulting number is the number of mandates received by the political party.