1. Seats in the Assembly shall be distributed according to the system of representation
established by Article 64 of the Constitution.
2. One hundred and twenty (120) seats in the Assembly are elected by secret ballot, based on
open lists and are divided between all parties, coalitions, citizen initiatives and independent
candidates, in proportion to the number of valid votes, won by them, in the elections for the
Assembly. Within this division, twenty (20) of them are guaranteed for the representation of
communities that are not the majority in Kosovo, as follows:
2.1. Parties, coalitions, citizens' initiatives and independent candidates having declared
themselves representing the Kosovo Serb Community shall have the total number of
seats won through the open election, with a minimum ten (10) seats guaranteed if the
number of seats won is less than ten (10);
2.2. Parties, coalitions, citizens' initiatives and independent candidates having declared
themselves representing the other Communities shall have the total number of seats
won through the open election, with a minimum number of seats in the Assembly
guaranteed as follows: the Roma community, one (1) seat; the Ashkali community, one
(1) seat; the Egyptian community, one (1) seat; and one (1) additional seat will be
awarded to either the Roma, the Ashkali or the Egyptian community with the highest
overall votes; the Bosnian community, three (3) seats; the Turkish community, two (2)
seats; and the Gorani community, one (1) seat if the number of seats won by each
community is less than the number guaranteed.
3. One hundred and twenty (120) seats in the Assembly, as defined in paragraph 2 of this
article, are divided based on the total number of valid votes that each political entity has won,
as follows:
3.1. Amongst Political Entities representing Albanian majority community who have
won at least five percent (5%) from general number of total valid votes for Assembly
elections and Political Entities of the Kosovo Serb and other non-majority communities;
3.2. the total number of valid votes received by each Political Entity in the Assembly
elections shall be divided by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 ,13, 14, 15, et seq. until
the number of divisors used is equal to the number of seats;
3.3. The coefficients obtained from each division are listed in the list from the largest
coefficient to the smallest one, listing next to them the subject to which the corresponding
coefficient belongs. In case the quotient is a number with a decimal remainder, the
nearest whole number is taken as the quotient. Subsequent quotients in descending
order shall be used until all seats are allocated.
3.4. if a Political Entity is allocated seats equal to the number of candidates on its
list and there are still seats to be allocated to that Political Entity, then the remaining
quotients of that Political Entity shall not be taken into account.
3.5. a political entity benefits from a number of seats equal to the number of the largest
coefficient, included in the list defined in sub-paragraph 3.3 of this Article, respecting
sub--paragraphs 3.1, 3.2 and 3.4 of this Article.
3.6. In case a tie occurs during the division of the seat, because two or more entities
have identical quotient, the seat shall be given to the entity that has the highest number
of votes. If the political entities have an equal number of votes, the place is divided
by drawing lots by the chairpersons of the CEC, in the presence of the authorized
representatives of the political entities in question.
4. All the votes received by the candidates who are on the open list of the political subject are
counted separately. The candidate lists shall be reordered in descending order based on the
number of votes received for each candidate.
5. The seats allocated to a Political Entity in paragraph 2 of this Article shall be distributed to
the candidates on the Political Entity’s candidate list as reordered in paragraph 4 of this Article,
starting from the first candidate on the list in descending order, until the number of seats allocated
to the Political Entity is exhausted, regardless to the number of votes of candidates. Additional
seats allocated to Political Entities representing the Kosovo Serb community and other nonmajority
communities as in paragraph 3 of this Article shall be distributed to the subsequent
candidates on the Political Entity’s candidate list reordered as in paragraph 4 of this Article.
6. If, after the allocation of seats as set out in paragraph 5 of this Article, the candidates of the
minority gender within a Political Entity have not been allocated at least thirty percent (30%)
of the total seats for that Political Entity, the last elected candidate of the majority gender will
be replaced by the next candidate of the opposite gender on the reordered candidate list until
the total number of seats allocated to the minority gender is at least thirty percent (30%). This
paragraph does not apply to the allocation of seats from a list consisting of one (1) or two (2)
candidates.
7. No person who is a member of another elected legislative body may take a seat in the
Assembly. An Assembly member who is or becomes a member of another elected legislative
body after he takes up his or her seat in the Assembly, shall forfeit his or her mandate in the
Assembly.
8. A person whose mandate is forfeited under this article shall be replaced in accordance with
the provisions of Article 112 of this law.