Distribution of mandates between electoral districts

(1) A council distributes the mandates between electoral districts based on the number of voters according to the data of the population register as at 1 June of the election year, as follows:

1) the total number of voters is divided by the number of council members;

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

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

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

(2) In Tallinn, one half of the mandates is divided equally among the electoral districts, taking account of the principle that the number of district mandates is the smallest integer which can be divided by the number of the electoral districts which is at least one half of all the mandates. The remaining mandates are distributed in accordance with the provisions of subsection 1 of this section, taking into account that the total number of voters is divided by the number of the undivided mandates. [RT I, 21.06.2016, 1 – entry into force 01.07.2016]