(1) The votes cast for the lists of candidates having entered into an election coalition shall be computed for each election coalition.

(2) The total number of votes cast for each election coalition and the votes cast for each list of candidates not having entered into an election coalition shall be divided by 1, 2, 3 etc. until such number of divisions equivalent to the maximum number of seats expected to be won by the election coalition or the list of candidates has been undertaken. The election coalition or the list of candidates which has the highest resulting quotient shall be allocated the first seat in the local council or the regional council, respectively. The second highest quotient authorises the second seat and so on and so forth, until all seats in the local council or the regional council, respectively, have been distributed. If quotients are of equal size, lots shall be drawn.7

(3) If more seats than the total number of candidates appearing in the lists of candidates of the election coalition or in the list of candidates are allocated to an election coalition or a list of candidates, the extra seats shall be transferred to the election coalition or list of candidates subsequently qualifying for more seats according to the computations of subsection (2).