Criteria and procedure for determining the number of mandates

1. The number of mandates for each electoral zone shall be determined in proportion to the number of citizens in each electoral zone. Each mandate shall represent an approximately equal number of citizens.

2. The total number of citizens, according to the National Civil Status Register, shall be divided by 140, the number of Assembly seats, thus determining the average number of citizens for each Assembly seat.

3. The number of mandates for each electoral zone shall be determined by dividing the number of citizens with domicile in the electoral zone, by the average number obtained in accordance with point 2 of this Article.

4. Each electoral zone is initially allocated a number of mandates equal to the full number obtained through the division, in accordance with point 3 of this Article.

5. If, upon the completion of the calculation made in accordance with point 4 of this Article, one or more mandates remain unallocated, such mandates shall be allocated to the zones based on the largest decimal remainder obtained from the division under point 3 of this Article. The allocation of the remaining mandates shall be carried out in descending order, starting from the zone with the largest decimal remainder.

6. If, even after the application of point 5 of this Article, the decimal remainder of two or more zones is the same, the last mandate shall be allocated to the zone that, according to the calculations of point 3 of this Article, has the largest remaining number of citizens who have not produced a full mandate.

7. If, even after the application of point 6 of this Article, two or more electoral zones have the same number of citizens who have not produced a full seat, the mandates shall be allocated by a lot drawn by the CEC. The drawing of the lot shall always be public and carried out in the presence of subjects with permanent representatives to the CEC.