The expanded membership of the electoral commissions of electoral constituencies shall consist of two representatives of the majority political party or coalition and two representatives of opposition political parties or coalitions proposed in agreement, consistent with the representation of parties in the Parliament, and their respective deputies.
If no agreement is achieved on the two representatives of political parties that are, based on the representation of parties in the Parliament, considered to be in opposition, the selection of the two members of the expanded membership and their deputies shall be decided by lot before the State Electoral Commission amongst the candidates and deputies.
With Article 47 of the AAAECSP (Official Gazette 53/03), which entered into force on 2 April 2003, the words: "House of Parliament for which elections have been called" were replaced by the word: "Parliament" in paragraphs 1 and 2.