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Article 8
 

(1) The Central Election Commission shall determine the number of seats in the Saeima in proportion to the number of electors in a constituency which is stated four months before the first election day by the Citizenship and Immigration Department according to the Register of Residents. If the Saeima election takes place according to Article 48 of the Constitution (Satversme), the numbers of seats are decided on the day when the elections are announced. Electors residing in foreign countries are included in the number of electors of the Riga constituency.

(2) The number of seats in the Saeima are calculated in the following way:



the total number of electors is divided by 100;



the number of electors in each constituency is divided by the figure obtained from division according to item 1;



if the figure obtained from division according to item 2 is smaller than 100 positive integers, the number of seats is increased by one, primarily in the constituency where the result shows the largest fraction number, and then in the constituency where the fraction is next largest, thus proceeding until the sum total of whole numbers is 100;



if any two constituencies show an equal result in fractions, the number of seats is primarily increased in the constituency where the product of the division according to item 2, part 2 is the smallest whole number;



if any two constituencies show an equal result both in fractions and integers, the constituency which will have an increased number of seats in the Saeima is determined by the drawing of lots.



(3) The number of seats in each of the constituencies is to be published in the "Latvijas Vestnesis" newspaper no later than one hundred days before the first election day; if the Saeima elections take place according to Article 48 of the Constitution (Satversme), then the announcement should be issued no later than fifty days before the first election day.