The Election Commission of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea or an oblast, rayon, city, rayon in city, village or settlement election commission enters in the protocol on the election results information on the organizations of parties which in accordance with part three of Article 256 of this Code have the right to participate in the distribution of seats in the respective local elections.
The territorial election commission shall establish the total number of votes cast in support of all territorial electoral lists of party organizations eligible to participate in the distribution of seats within the unified multi-member election district. This number is entered in figures in the protocol on the results of the election of council members.
The territorial election commission shall establish the number of votes of voters necessary to obtain one local council seat (the electoral quota). The electoral quota is calculated as an integer of the result of the division of the total number of votes of voters cast in support of the territorial lists of party organizations that are entitled to participate in the distribution of member seats established in accordance with Part two of this Article, by the number established by subtracting the total number of seats guaranteed for each party according to Article 260 of this Code from the total number of members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea or an oblast, rayon, rayon in city, as well as city, village or settlement council (of a territorial community with 10,000 or more voters).
