Registration of alternate members of Riigikogu

(1) The National Electoral Committee registers the alternate members of the Riigikogu by a resolution. The National Electoral Committee forwards the resolution to the Board of the Riigikogu.

(2) Alternate members are registered for the political parties whose candidates have collectively received at least 5 per cent of the valid votes nationally.

(3) Candidates are registered, for each electoral district, for political parties as alternate members for candidates who were elected in electoral districts and are ranked according to the number of votes received. Where candidates receive an equal number of votes from the voters, the candidate who was positioned further towards the top of the list of candidates of the political party in the electoral district is positioned ahead. Unelected candidates for whom the number of votes cast amounts to at least 10 per cent of the simple quota of the electoral district are registered as alternate members.

(4) Unelected candidates for whom the number of votes cast amounts to at least 5 per cent of the simple quota of the electoral district are registered as alternate members for candidates who were elected on the basis of compensation mandates in the order specified in the national list of the political party, and thereafter the rest of the unelected candidates of the same political party are registered in the order of the percentage of votes calculated on the basis of the simple quota of the electoral district. Where the percentage of votes of candidates is equal, the candidate who was positioned further towards the top of the national list of the political party is positioned ahead.