(1) Mandates shall be allocated to the compensatory list and the national minority compensatory list proportionate to the aggregated wasted votes in the constituency.

(2) All votes cast in a single-member constituency for the candidate of a nominating organisation by which no mandate has been won shall constitute wasted votes.

(3) Votes cast on joint candidates that constitute wasted votes shall be allocated to the joint compensatory list of the nominating organisations nominating the joint candidate.

(3a) Votes cast in single-member constituencies on candidates in national minority compensatory lists by which no mandate has been won shall be added to the national minority compensatory list as wasted votes.

(4) The method for compensatory mandate calculation:

a) A table shall be drawn up in which a column of numbers shall be inserted below the name of each list. The first number in the column of numbers shall be the number of votes for the list concerned. The next numbers in the column shall be the number of votes for the list concerned divided by three, five, seven and so on, where the next divisor is the previous divisor plus two.

b) The list the column of which contains the highest number in the table shall receive one mandate. Next, the next highest number shall be established. The list the column of which contains the next highest number shall receive one mandate. The same proceedings shall be followed until every mandate is allocated.

c) If multiple equal numbers are found to be the highest in the table, than that list shall receive a mandate that did not yet receive a mandate or that received less mandates or that was given the lower serial number by means of drawing lots.

(5) If a compensatory list or national minority compensatory list receives more mandates than the number of persons on the list, the mandate shall remain unfilled.