(1) The members elected shall be determined by the Central Election Commission. Lists of candidates which have received less than five per cent of the total number of votes cast shall not take part in the distribution of member seats. The number of valid ballot envelopes shall be deemed to be the total number of votes given (the total number of voters participating in the election). (2) In order to distribute the number of member of European Parliament seats between the other nominated lists of candidates, the following procedure shall be applied: 1) the number of valid ballot papers given for each list of candidates shall be determined; 2) the number of ballot papers given for each list of candidates shall be then sequentially divided by 1, 3, 5, 7 and so on until the number of divisions is the same as the number of candidates nominated in the list of candidates; 3) all the acquired divisions for all lists of candidates shall be numbered in common descending order; 4) seats of members shall sequentially be received by those lists of candidates which conform to the largest divisions. If the division the sequential number of which is equal to the number of members of parliament to be elected is equal to one or more following divisions, the member of parliament seat shall be received by the list of candidates which was registered first.
§ Section 44(untitled)
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