Establishing the Number of MP Seats Received by the Regional Electoral Lists of MP Candidates from Parties
In each electoral region MP seats shall be distributed among regional electoral lists of MP candidates from parties indicated in Part three of Article 182 of this Code, in proportion to the number of votes of voters cast in support of the respective regional electoral list, in the number established in accordance with Parts two, three and four of this Article.
In order to determine the number of MP seats obtained by the regional electoral list of MP candidates from a party, the number of votes of voters cast in the electoral region in support of the respective regional electoral list, shall be divided by the electoral quota determined in accordance with Part four of Article 183 of this Code. An integer of the received quotient shall deem a number of MP seats to be granted to MP candidates included in the respective regional electoral list from this party.
The Central Election Commission shall establish the number of votes of voters cast in support of the regional electoral list of the respective party which remained unused during the distribution of MP seats in this electoral region (hereinafter, the number of unused votes of voters cast in the electoral region in support of the electoral list of the party), by way of subtracting from the number of votes of voters cast in support of the respective regional electoral list of the product of the electoral quota multiplied by the number of MP seats received by MP candidates included in the respective regional electoral list from this party.
The Central Election Commission shall sum up the number of MP seats received by MP candidates included in the regional electoral lists of all parties in the respective electoral region, by establishing the total number of MP seats distributed in the respective electoral region.
The Central Election Commission shall sum up the number of unused votes of voters cast in the respective electoral region in support of the electoral list of each party, entitled to participate in distribution of MP seats, and shall establish the total number of unused votes of voters cast in support of the regional electoral lists of each partу.
The Central Election Commission shall enter, in numbers, in the protocol on results of the election of MPs the following information:
1) the number of MP seats obtained by MP candidates included in each regional electoral list of each party, indicated in Part three of Article 182 of this Code;
2) the total number of MP seats distributed in the respective electoral region;
3) the number of unused votes of voters cast in each electoral region in support of the electoral list of each party specified in Part three of Article 182 of this Code;
4) the total number of unused votes of voters cast in support of all the regional electoral list of all parties that participate in distribution of MP seats.
