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Article 89
 

Method of counting election result   The ranking order of candidates in a party that is not in an electoral alliance or the ranking order of candidates in a joint list in the party or joint list is determined by the number of personal votes given to the candidates. In this system the candidates shall be given a comparative index so that the first candidate of each party or joint list has as his or her comparative index the number of votes given to the said party or to the said joint list, the second candidate will have half of the votes cast, the third candidate will have third of the votes cast, the fourth candidate will have a fourth of the votes cast and so forth. The ranking order of the candidates representing parties that belong to an electoral alliance is, regardless of party, determined by the number of votes given to a candidate. The candidates receive a comparative index in this order and the first candidate of the said party receives as his or her comparative index the number of votes given to the electoral alliance, the second candidate will have half of the votes cast, the third will have the third of the votes cast, the fourth will have the fourth of the votes cast and so forth. The candidate representing a constituency association that does not belong to a joint list will have as his or her comparative index the number of votes given to him or her.