Alteration of the number of constituency seats..

After each election to the Althingi, the National Electoral Commission shall calculate whether the number of voters on the electoral register behind each parliamentary seat, including the adjustment seats under paragraph 2 of Article 9, amounts to half the number of voters behind each parliamentary seat in any other constituency, based on the electoral register in the election just held, cf. paragraph 5 of Article 31 of the Constitution. If this is the case, the National Electoral Commission shall alter the number of constituency seats in the constituencies so as to reduce this difference. However, such a change shall never exceed what is necessary at any given time to meet the requirements of this provision in the Constitution.  

When making calculations under paragraph 1, the first consideration shall be the number of parliamentary seats in the constituencies under paragraph 1 of Article 9. If the conditions of paragraph 1 are met, one constituency seat shall be reallocated from the constituency with the smallest number of voters behind each parliamentary seat to the constituency with the highest number of voters behind each parliamentary seat. If that is not possible, one constituency seat shall be reallocated from the constituency with the second smallest number of voters behind each parliamentary seat to the constituency with the highest number of voters behind each parliamentary seat. When this has been done, the number of voters behind each Member of Parliament (MP) shall be calculated again based on this alteration and constituency seats shall be reallocated between constituencies as often as necessary until the proportion of voters behind each parliamentary seat nowhere exceeds the limit specified in paragraph 1.  

The National Electoral Commission shall publicise such alterations in the Government Gazette as soon as they have been made. 

The National Electoral Commission’s authorisation to alter the number of MPs in constituencies under this Article shall nevertheless extend only to those constituency seats that are in excess of the constitutionally prescribed minimum, cf. paragraph 3 of Article 31 of the Constitution.