In the same elections, the single-mandate constituencies gave a seat to 95 independent candidates; 7 seats to candidates of Parties under the 4% threshold, and 123 others to candidates belonging to the 6 parties with more than 4%. In other words, these single-mandate constituencies clearly increased the degree of parliamentary fragmentation, making it more difficult to form a majority. Moreover, candidates linked to parties forming part of the majority in office clearly benefited.