(1) The number of seats allotted to each constituency according to § 4 shall be proclaimed by the Minister for the Interior in the Federal Law Gazette immediately following the confirmation of the final results of the latest ordinary or special census respectively.
(2) The allotment of the seats so proclaimed shall be applied to all National Council elections that take place from the effectiveness of the proclamation till the proclamation of the allotment of seats on the grounds of the next ordinary or special census respectively.