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Article 94
 

Setting Representation Threshold


(1) Upon receiving, from all district electoral councils, the Protocols with the vote counting results from all districts, the Central Electoral Commission shall tabulate the number of valid votes cast for each party, other socio-political organisations, every electoral bloc and independent candidate, in order to establish whether or not they have reached the minimal threshold to be represented in Parliament.


(2) The minimum threshold of representation represent the following proportions of valid votes cast for the country as a whole:


a) for a party or socio-political organisation – 5 per cent;


b) for an electoral bloc – 7 per cent;


c) For an independent candidate – 2 per cent.


(3) Parties, other socio-political organisations, electoral blocs and independent candidates that received fewer votes than the percentage provided in paragraph (2) are eliminated from the procedure of mandate assignment by a decision of the Central Electoral Commission.