Electoral Quota

1. The Election Commission of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, an oblast, rayon, city, rayon in the city, village, settlement election commission enters in the protocol on the election results information on the organizations of parties which, in accordance with part three of Article 256 of this Code, have the right to participate in the distribution of seats in the relevant local elections.

2. The territorial election commission shall establish the total number of votes cast in support of all territorial electoral lists of party organizations eligible to participate in the distribution of seats within a single multi-member constituency. This number is entered in figures in the protocol on the results of the election of local council members.

3. The territorial election commission shall establish the number of votes of voters necessary to obtain one local council mandate (the electoral quota). The electoral quota shall be calculated as an integer of the result of the division of the total number of votes of voters cast in support of the territorial lists of party organizations that shall be entitled to participate in the distribution of candidates for local council established in accordance with Part two of this Article, by the number established by subtracting the total number of seats guaranteed for each party according to Article 260 of this Code from the total number of members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, oblast, rayon, rayon in the city, as well as city, village, settlement council (a territorial community with 10,000 or more voters).