Articles 10.10, 10.12, 10.15 and 10.16 of the Election Law of BiH provide for the election to the House of Peoples in the Federation of BiH, inter alia, that the cantonal assembly elects 58 delegates to the House of Peoples: 17 Bosniacs, 17 Serbs, 17 Croats and 7 others. The provisions also set out that the number of delegates from each constituent people and of others shall be proportionate to the population of the canton, as reflected in the last census1 and that for each canton, population figures for each constituent people and others shall be divided by 1, 3, 5, 7 etc. as long as necessary for the allocation – the result shall represent the quotient of each constituent people and others in each canton. Each constituent people shall be allocated one seat in every canton.