Setting the representation threshold
(1) After receiving the minutes of the District Electoral Councils on the votes counting results from all Electoral districts, the Central Electoral Commission shall tabulate the number of valid expressed votes, obtained by each electoral competitor, in order to determine whether they have reached the minimum threshold of representation.
(2) The minimum representation threshold shall be the following percentages of valid votes expressed overall per country:
a) for an electoral bloc of parties - 7 %;
b) for a political party - 5 %;
C) for an independent candidate - 2 %.
(3) Electoral competitors who received fewer votes than the percentage provided in paragraph (2) shall be excluded from the procedure of mandate assignment, by the decision of the Central Electoral Commission.
