Number and distribution of Members of the Assembly of the Republic

1 - The total number of Members of the Assembly of the Republic is two hundred and thirty.
2 - The total number of Members of the Assembly of the Republic for the constituencies in Portuguese territory is two hundred and twenty-six, to be distributed in proportion to the number of electors in each constituency using d’Hondt’s highest-average rule, in harmony with the criterion laid down in Article 16.
3 - There are two Members of the Assembly of the Republic for each of the constituencies referred to in paragraph (4) of the previous Article.
4 - The National Electoral Commission shall cause a chart with the number of Members of the Assembly of the Republic and their distribution by constituency to be published in Series I of the Diário da República between the sixtieth and the fifty-fifth days before the date on which elections are scheduled to be held.
5 - When elections are scheduled less than sixty days in advance, the National Electoral Commission shall have the chart with the number and distribution of Members of the Assembly of the Republic published between the fifty-fifth and the fifty-third days before the day on which the elections are scheduled to be held.
6 - The chart referred to in the previous paragraphs shall be drawn up on the basis of the number of electors according to the last update of the electoral roll.