• 1. First, the lists of political groupings whose designation was placed above a list of candidates to whom one or more seats were allocated at the most recent election of the members of the representative body in question shall be numbered. These lists shall be assigned numbers 1 and subsequent lists in the order of the number of votes cast on the respective lists at that election, with the understanding that the list of the grouping with the highest number of votes shall be assigned number 1. In the event of a tie, lots shall decide.

• 2. The first paragraph applies mutatis mutandis to the cases referred to in Article H 4, eighth paragraph, subparagraphs a, b, and c. In the cases referred to in Article H 4, eighth paragraph, subparagraphs a and b, in which one or more seats have been allocated to at least one of the groupings involved, the number of votes cast on the lists of the groupings to which those seats have been allocated shall be added together for the purposes of the second sentence of the first paragraph.

• 3. Subsequently, the remaining lists shall be numbered, using the numbers following the last number assigned pursuant to the first paragraph, in the order of the number of constituencies to which the list applies, with the understanding that the next number shall be assigned to the list that applies to the most constituencies. In the event of an equal number of constituencies, lots shall decide.