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Article 34
 

The calculation of the deputy allocation for the Political Parties, Alliances and for the Independent Candidates in a Certain Constituency:


The number of deputies for the independent candidates and for political parties those have passed the treshold is calculated as follows:


(16th Article of Law 4125, amended on 27 October 1995; Abolished by the decree E. 1995/54, K. 1995/59 of Constitutional Court on 18 November 1995.)


(10th Article of Law 3377, amended on 23 May 1987.) (The first sentence of the 2nd Article of Law 4138 is amended on 23 November 1995.) (Ammended on 13/3/2018 in accordance with the article 21 of Law 7102) Political parties, alliances and independent candidates who have stood for the elections are written in a column with their number of votes respectively. The number of votes obtained by each party and alliances are divided by one, then by two, then by three... up to the number of deputies those will be elected for the constituency in question. The shares obtained as such and the votes obtained by the independent candidates are listed beginning from the largest to the smallest, without discarding any of them. And the deputyships of the constituency in question is allocated to those political parties, alliances and independent candidates according to the figures calculated as such. (Additional Sentence: 1st Article of Law 3404 on 17 October 1987. 21st Article of Law 4125 abolished on 27 October 1995.)


In case there is equality in the figures for the last deputyship, the allocation is drawn by lot from the equals.


(2nd Article of Law 4138 amended on 23 November 1995.) In case no party has passed the percentage stated in the above article, the deputyships are allocated according to the provisions in the third and fouth paragraphs.


(Annex: 33rd Article of Law 3270 on 28 March 1986.; 2nd Article of Law 4138 abolished on 23 November 1995.)
(Annexed on 13/3/2018 in accordance with the article 21 of Law 7102)
In the calculation of the number of acquired deputies by the alliance, the total votes of the allied political parties should be taken as a basic. The total number of the deputies should be distributed between the allied political parties in accordance with the valid votes of each of political party.