Distribution of mandates among electoral districts

(1) The National Electoral Committee distributes, by a resolution, the mandates among the electoral districts as follows:

1) the total number of voters is divided by the number 101;

2) the number of voters in an electoral district is divided by the number obtained as a result of the calculation specified in clause 1 of this subsection;

3) each electoral district is awarded a particular number of mandates in correspondence with the integer of the number obtained as a result of the calculation made pursuant to clause 2 of this subsection;

4) mandates which are not distributed pursuant to clause 3 of this subsection are distributed on the basis of the largest-remainder rule, using the fractions of numbers obtained as a result of the calculation specified in clause 2 of this subsection.

(2) The number of voters is obtained on the basis of the data of the Estonian population register (hereinafter population register) as at the first date of the month when the elections are declared.

(3) The minister in charge of the policy sector submits the number of voters by county, and by city district in Tallinn, to the National Electoral Committee within three working days after the elections are declared.

(4) The National Electoral Committee immediately discloses the resolution specified in subsection 1 of this section.

[RT I 2004, 22, 148 – entry into force 08.04.2004]