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A second round of elections is foreseen in Article 89 of the Constitution if “a stable parliamentary majority is not formed as a result of elections or through formation of a political coalition”. Articles 99, 101, 102, and 103 thus maintain the two-round system from the current law. The distribution formula is the method of the “largest remainder”, applied to the results of the parties and alliances passing the threshold. According to Article 99.3.1, if a party or alliance wins at least 50% of the total number of mandates (53 seats out of the 105 seats (101 seats plus four minority seats)), the first round is final. If no party or alliance holds 50% of the mandates at the election or in the post-election attempts to form new alliances, Article 102 of the draft law provides for a second round to be held between the two political parties or alliances having received the highest number of valid votes in the first round.