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Article 4
 

(1) The election of the President of the Republic shall be conducted on the territory of the Republic of Macedonia and in the diplomatic-consular offices (hereinafter: DCOs) of Republic of Macedonia in Europe and Africa, North and South America and Australia and Asia, as one electoral district, according to the majoritarian model.
(2) In the Parliament of Republic of Macedonia, 120-123 Members of Parliament (hereinafter: MPs) shall be elected, of which 120 according to the proportional model, whereby the territory of Republic of Macedonia shall be divided into six electoral districts, as determined in this Code, and each electoral district shall elect 20 MPs, and 3 MPs shall be elected according to the proportional model in one electoral district which covers Europe, Africa, North and South America, Australia and Asia.
(3) The first MP in the electoral district which covers Europe, Africa, North and South America, Australia and Asia shall be elected if the parliamentary candidate list has won at least the number of votes required for election of a MP with the least number of votes in the electoral districts in Republic of Macedonia, at the last parliamentary elections in Republic of Macedonia.
(4) The second MP in the electoral district which covers Europe, Africa, North and South America, Australia and Asia shall be elected if the parliamentary candidate list has won twice the number of votes required for election of MP with least number of votes in the electoral districts in Republic of Macedonia, at the last parliamentary elections in Republic of Macedonia.
(5) The third MP in the electoral district which covers Europe, Africa, North and South America, Australia and Asia shall be elected if the parliamentary candidate list has won thrice the number of votes required for election of MP with the least number of votes in the electoral districts in Republic of Macedonia, at the last parliamentary elections in Republic of Macedonia.
(6) If in the electoral district which covers Europe, Africa, North and South America, Australia and Asia, none of the parliamentary candidate lists has won the required number of votes, as determined in paragraph (3) of this Article, there shall be no MP elected.
(7) In the electoral districts in Republic of Macedonia the maximum allowed departure of the number of voters shall be from -5% to +5%, as compared to the average number of voters in the electoral district.
(8) The election of the Members of Councils shall be conducted on the territory of the municipality, or the City of Skopje, according to the proportional model.
(9) The election of Mayor shall be conducted on the territory of the municipality, or the City of Skopje, according to the majoritarian model.