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For example, in Denmark, a party may choose to run only by candidates in the nomination districts or by forming lists of such candidates across multi-member constituencies. If the party has opted for a list, a candidate needs more than an election quotient If for example a party has won one seat, the candidate needs more than half the votes to be elected. If a party has won four seats, the candidate needs more than 20 percent of the party’s seats in order to change the party’s priority. In other words, the party may opt for an alternative where the voters have comparatively small possibilities to change the order of the list. However, if the party does not choose to have a predefined list in the multimember constituency, the voters have a lot of influence since the ones with the highest number of votes are elected without any threshold.