Allocation of Mandates
(1) The sum of votes validly cast for the political parties or coalitions advancing to next counting shall be divided by the number of mandates pursuant to Article 86 (1) increased by one. The number resulting from the division and rounded to the nearest integer shall be the republic election number.
(2) The total number of valid votes obtained by a political party or coalition shall be divided by the republic election number, and the political party or coalition shall be allocated as many mandates how many times the republic election number is contained in the sum of valid votes obtained by this political party or coalition.
(3) If the number of mandates allocated in this way is higher by one than the number of mandates that should have been allocated, the redundant mandate shall be deducted from the number of mandates of the political party or coalition, which had the smallest division remainder. In case of equality of division remainders, the mandate shall be deducted from the number of mandates of the political party or coalition, which obtained a lower number of votes. In case of equality of the valid votes, the decision shall be made by lot.
(4) If not all mandates have been allocated in this way or if the political party or coalition has fewer candidates than the mandates to be allocated, the State Commission shall allocate the mandates gradually to the political parties or coalitions with the biggest division remainder. In case of equality of division remainders, the mandate shall be allocated to the political party or coalition, which obtained a higher number of votes. In case of equality of the valid votes, the decision shall be made by lot.
(5) Within individual political parties or coalitions, the candidates shall receive the allocated mandates in the same order as the order used in the ballot paper. However, if the voters, who have cast a valid vote for the political party or coalition, have exercised the right of preferential vote, the mandate shall be allocated first to the candidate obtaining at least three percent of preferential votes out of the total number of votes validly cast for the political party or coalition. If more mandates are allocated to the political party or coalition and more candidates meet the condition pursuant to the previous sentence, the mandates shall be allocated in the order according to the highest number of preferential votes obtained. In case of equality of the preferential votes, the order in the ballot paper shall be decisive.
(6) The candidates, who are not allocated a mandate, shall become substitutes.