• 1. Notwithstanding Article U 2, paragraph 1, the vote of a member of the electoral college shall count for a number of votes equal to the number obtained by first dividing the number of registered voters for the election of the members of the electoral college by one hundred times the number of members of the electoral college pursuant to Article 5, paragraph 1, of the Electoral College for Non-Residents Act, and multiplying the resulting number by the number obtained by dividing the number of inhabitants of the Netherlands by the number of eligible voters for the elections of the members of the provincial councils and the electoral colleges for the Senate in Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba. The quotient shall then be rounded up to a whole number, upwards if a fraction is 1/2 or more, and downwards if a fraction is less than 1/2. This number is called the vote value.

• 2. The number of registered voters for the election of the members of the electoral college is the number of voters registered for this election pursuant to Section 3 in conjunction with Section D 2 thirty-four days before polling day. The mayor and aldermen shall provide this information to the central electoral committee without delay.

• 3. The population of the Netherlands is the population according to the population figures published by Statistics Netherlands as of January 1 of the year in which the election takes place.

• 4. The number of eligible voters for the elections of the members of the provincial councils and the electoral colleges for the Senate in Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba is the number of persons eligible to vote in the previous election of the provincial councils and the aforementioned electoral colleges.

• 5. If, in the event of the dissolution of the Senate, the population of the Netherlands as of January 1 of the year in which the election takes place has not yet been made public three weeks before the day of nomination, the population according to the population figures published by Statistics Netherlands (CBS) as of the first day of the fourth month preceding the month in which the nomination takes place will apply.

• 6. The central electoral committee shall determine the voting value in accordance with this article and shall publish it before the day of the election by publishing it in the Government Gazette (Staatscourant).