Counting the Mandates obtained by the electoral competitor

(1) The number of mandates obtained by each competitor shall be calculated by the Central Electoral Commission by successively dividing the number of valid votes given to each competitor, besides independent candidates, with 1,2,3,4 etc., up to the figure that corresponds to the number of seats established for the Parliament.

(2) From the results of all the divisions and the number of valid votes cast for independent candidates, it should be selected in descending order as many numbers as there are seats to be allocated. The number of the mandates assigned to each political party or electoral bloc of parties is equal to the quantity of numbers obtained by them from this descending row.

(3) Independent candidate shall be considered elected if the number of valid obtained votes represents at least two per cent from the valid votes casted across the country.