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Article 44
 

(1) In the individual constituency the candidate receiving the greatest number of valid votes shall become a representative.

(2) If in the individual constituency the election could not be held because there were no candidates, furthermore if the greatest number of votes was reached by two or more candidates with an equality of votes, by-elections shall be held.

(3) Each of the compensation lists shall receive mandates in proportion to the surplus votes aggregated in the settlement’s individual constituencies. A surplus vote shall be determined in an individual constituency as a vote - cast on a candidate of the nominating organisation - by means of which a mandate was not obtained. In case nominating organisations of common candidates are not in possession of common compensation list and the common candidate has not become a representative, then surplus votes are distributed between the individual lists of the nominating organisations in proportion to the number of nominating organisations putting forward common candidates. The independent compensation list shall receive the whole number part of the calculated vote proportion when distributing surplus votes. If a nominating organisation involved does not possess an individual compensation list, then part of surplus votes falling on the given organisation shall be forfeit.