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Article 4
 

Electoral Model


(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 the Republic of Macedonia in Europe and Africa, North and South America and Australia and Asia, as a single electoral district, according to the majoritarian model.


(2) In the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia, 120 to 123 Members of Parliament (hereinafter: MPs) shall be elected, 120 of whom shall be elected under the proportional model, whereby the territory of the Republic of Macedonia shall be divided into six electoral districts that are determined with this Code and 20 MPs elected from each of these electoral districts, whereas 3 MPs shall be elected under the proportional model from the single electoral district covering Europe, Africa, North and South America, Australia and Asia.


(3) The first MP from the electoral district which covers Europe, Africa, North and South America, Australia and Asia shall be considered elected if the MP list of candidates has won at least the same number of votes as the smallest number of votes with which an MP was elected in the electoral districts in the Republic of Macedonia in the last parliamentary elections in the Republic of Macedonia.


(4) The second MP from the electoral district which covers Europe, Africa, North and South America, Australia and Asia shall be considered elected if the MP list of candidates has won twice as many votes as the smallest number of votes with which an MP was elected in the electoral districts in the Republic of Macedonia, in the last parliamentary elections in Republic of Macedonia.


(5) The third MP from the electoral district which covers Europe, Africa, North and South America, Australia and Asia shall be considered elected if the MP list of candidates has won three times as many votes as the smallest number of votes with which an MP was elected in the electoral districts in the Republic of Macedonia, in the last parliamentary elections in Republic of Macedonia.


(6) Should none of the lists of MPs from the electoral district which covers Europe, Africa, North and South America, Australia and Asia obtain the required number of votes prescribed in paragraph (3) of this article, not a single MP shall be elected.


(7) In the electoral districts in the Republic of Macedonia, the maximum deviation of the number of voters cannot be greater than -5% to +5% of the average number of voters per electoral district.


(8) The election of members of councils shall be conducted on the territory of the municipality or the City of Skopje under the proportional representation system.


(9) The election of Mayor shall be conducted on the territory of the municipality or the City of Skopje, under the majoritarian system.