Conditions of Mandate Allocation

(1) The State Commission determines the number of votes validly cast in total for each political party and coalition.

(2) The State Commission further determines,

a) which political parties obtained less than five percent of the total number of votes validly cast,

b) which coalitions consisting of two or three political parties obtained less than seven percent of the total number of votes validly cast,

c) which coalitions consisting of at least four political parties obtained less than ten percent of the total number of votes validly cast.

(3) The political parties or coalitions, which obtained more votes out of the total number of votes validly cast than provided in Paragraph 2, shall advance to the next determination of election results. The State Commission shall not take into account the votes validly cast to the political parties and coalitions pursuant to Paragraph 2.