Procedure for allocating seats in the Tbilisi Sakrebulo under the proportional system

1. Seats in the Tbilisi Sakrebulo shall be allocated under the proportional electoral system only to electoral subjects that received at least 2.5% of votes cast in the elections. Seats shall be allocated under the procedure established by this article.

2. To determine the number of seats obtained by a party list, the number of votes received by the party list shall be multiplied by 40 and divided by the sum of the votes received by those parties that received not less than 2.5% of the votes cast in the elections. The whole part of the figure obtained is the number of seats received by the party list. The number of votes cast in the elections shall not include the number of votes recorded on the ballot papers declared invalid.

3. If the sum of the numbers of seats received by the party lists turns out to be less than 40, an undistributed seat/each seat out of the undistributed seats shall be assigned in sequence to the party lists that have received at least one seat and have the largest fractional remainder. The number of votes cast in the elections shall not include the number of votes recorded on void ballot papers.

4. If none of the party lists obtains a seat under paragraph 2 of this article, each seat shall be awarded to those 25 subjects that received more votes than others. The number of votes cast in the elections shall not include the number of votes recorded on invalid ballot papers.

5. If those two or more than two party lists, to which one seat is to be allocated under paragraph 3 or 4 of this article, receive an equal number of votes, the seat shall be awarded to the party list that was earlier registered for the elections with the CEC.

6. The candidates whose serial numbers on a party list are less than or equal to the number of seats acquired by the party list, shall be deemed to have been elected to the Sakrebulo through the proportional electoral system.

7. If a Sakrebulo candidate is elected both from a single-seat majoritarian district and through a party list, he/she shall be deemed to have been elected from the single-seat majoritarian electoral district, shall be removed from the party list, and the candidate shall be replaced in the list as provided for by this Law.

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