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ARTICLE 205
 

Apportionment of elected positions by quotient and sub-quotient


In elections using the quotient and sub-quotient method, each party that participated in the election shall be allocated as many candidates as the number of quotients it obtained, in the order of its placement on the ballot paper and for the electorate in question. The results of the party that obtained the highest number of votes in the electorate in question shall be declared first and this shall be continued in decreasing order of the parties.


If there are still positions not allocated through the quotient method, they shall be distributed to parties in descending order of the remainder of their votes, but also including parties that only attained the sub-quotient as if their total vote was a remainder.


If there are still unallocated seats, the operation described above shall be repeated.


The same system shall apply if none of the parties attains the quotient.