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Article 8.2
 

Mandates are allocated in the following manner:

For each political party and coalition, the total number of valid votes received by that political party or coalition shall be divided by 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, et seq., as long as necessary for the allocation in question. The numbers resulting from this series of divisions shall be the "quotients". The number of votes for an independent candidate is the quotient for that candidate. The quotients shall be arranged in order from the highest quotient to the lowest one. Mandates shall be distributed orderly from the highest quotient until all the mandates are allocated.

Unless each constituent people (Bosniaks, Serbs, Croats) receives a minimum of three (3) mandates, the mandates shall be subsequently adjusted and given to the candidates of the relevant people from the list of the political party, coalition, list of independent candidates or to an independent candidate that received the highest number of votes and are eligible candidates of the constituent people that did not receive sufficient number of mandates.

If a political party, coalition or list of independent candidates does not have enough eligible candidates of the relevant constituent people, or does not have eligible independent candidate of the relevant people to fill the vacant seats, the mandate shall be transferred to the list of party or coalition, list of independent candidates or an independent candidate, that received the highest number of votes and has more such candidates on its list.

In terms of the previous Paragraph the candidates on the list of political parties, coalitions, lists of independent candidate or independent candidates who meet the requirements of this Law shall be considered eligible candidates.