§ Article 94(untitled)

Ballot papers

1. Individual ballot papers of same sizes shall be printed for each political party

 running in elections of the National Assembly. The ballot paper of each political

 party running in elections must, on its left and right sides, have a marking in

 black, symmetrical to the vertical axis aligned with the number of that political

 party so that it enables to identify from the side view of the bundle the availability

 of a ballot paper of another political party in that bundle.

 The name of the political party running in elections, the number issued to the

 political party, as well as the surnames, names and patronymics of the first

 3 candidates in the national electoral list shall be specified on the 1st page of the

 ballot paper of elections of the National Assembly. The surnames, names and

 patronymics of candidates included in the respective district electoral list of the

 political party running in elections shall be specified on the 2nd page of the

 ballot paper in alphabetical order. Where surnames of candidates coincide, their

 names in the ballot paper shall be specified in alphabetical order of their names

 and patronymics. Where surnames, names and patronymics coincide, the date of

 birth of the candidate shall be specified. In this case the data on the eldest

 candidate shall be specified first. Empty tick boxes shall be placed to the right of

 the names of candidates for the voter to make a note.

2. The name of the political party, new alliance of political parties running in

 elections shall be specified in the ballot paper for the second round of elections

 of the National Assembly.

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 Article 95. Summarisation of results of elections of the National Assembly

1. The Central Electoral Commission shall, in the manner and within the time limit

 prescribed by Article 75 of this Code, summarise the election results and adopt

 any of the following decisions:

 (1) on the National Assembly being elected and distribution of mandates;

 (2) on preliminary distribution of mandates of Deputies of the National

 Assembly;

 (3) on calling a repeat voting in separate electoral precincts;

 (4) on declaring the elections of the National Assembly invalid and calling

 repeat voting for elections;

 (5) on declaring the repeat voting for elections of the National Assembly

 invalid. In that case the President of the Republic shall call a new regular

 election of the National Assembly.

2. The Central Electoral Commission shall adopt the decisions provided for in

 points 3, 4 and 5 of part 1 of this Article in cases provided for in Article 101.

3. Where the Central Electoral Commission has not adopted any of the decisions

 provided for in points 3, 4 and 5 of part 1 of this Article:

 (1) a decision on the National Assembly being elected and distribution of

 mandates shall be adopted where as a result of the election one of the

 political parties (alliance of political parties) running in elections has

 received — as a result of due application of parts 4-9 of this Article — the

 majority of the total number of mandates distributed under parts 4-9 of this

 Article;

 (2) a decision on preliminary distribution of mandates of Deputies of the

 National Assembly shall be adopted where — as a result of due application

 of parts 4-9 of this Article — none of the political parties (alliance of

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 political parties) running in elections has received the majority of the total

 number of mandates distributed under parts 4-9 of this Article. In case of

 distribution of additional mandates to some political parties (alliances of

 political parties) in accordance with Articles 96-98 of this Code, other

 political parties (alliances of political parties) shall preserve the mandates

 available for them as a result of the preliminary distribution.

4. Mandates of the National Assembly shall be distributed among the electoral lists

 of those political parties (alliances of political parties) which have received 5 per

 cent, in case of a political party, and 7 per cent, in case of an alliance of political

 parties, of ballot papers with affirmative vote out of the sum of the total number

 of ballot papers with affirmative vote and the number of inaccuracies. Where less

 than 3 political parties (alliances of political parties) have received at least 5 (7)

 per cent of ballot papers with affirmative vote out of the sum of the total number

 of ballot papers with affirmative vote and the number of inaccuracies, 3 political

 parties and alliances of political parties having received the maximum number of

 ballot papers with affirmative vote shall participate in the distribution of

 mandates.

5. Mandates of the National Assembly shall be distributed among political parties

 (alliances of political parties) in proportion with the number of ballot papers with

 affirmative vote cast in favour of each of them. The calculation of the number of

 mandates available for each political party (alliance of political parties) shall be

 carried out as follows: the number of ballot papers with affirmative vote cast in

 favour of each political party (alliance of political parties) shall be multiplied by

 101, the product shall be divided by the total number of ballot papers with

 affirmative vote cast in favour of political parties (alliance of political parties)

 having passed the threshold, and integer numbers shall be parted, which shall be

 the numbers of mandates available for each political party (alliance of political

 parties).

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6. The mandates remaining from 101 mandates shall be distributed among political

 parties (alliances of political parties) by the sequence of value of remainders, by

 the principle of one mandate to each. In case the values of remainders are equal,

 the contested mandate shall be given to the political party (alliance of political

 parties) with the highest number of ballot papers with affirmative vote cast in

 favour, and in the event of a tie, the mandate shall be given by drawing of lots.

7. Where the number of mandates received by a political party (alliance of political

 parties) is even, mandates equal to 50 per cent of the number of mandates shall

 be given to candidates in the national electoral list of a political party (alliance of

 political parties). Where the number of mandates received by a political party

 (alliance of political parties) is odd, mandates equal to the integer part of 50 per

 cent of the number of mandates shall be distributed among the electoral

 districts. The remaining part of the mandates received by a political party

 (alliance of political parties) shall be given to candidates in the national electoral

 list of the political party (alliance of political parties).

8. The number of mandates available for each electoral district shall be determined

 by the coefficient received for each electoral district, which is calculated by the

 following formula:

 =
 +1

 where:

 Cd — coefficient of the electoral district;

 Fd — the number of ballot papers with affirmative vote cast in favour of the

 political party (alliance of political parties) in the given electoral district;

 Md — the total number of mandates already received by that electoral district, in

 calculating the coefficient of the electoral district for the next mandate.

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 The district having the highest coefficient at the beginning of calculation of

 coefficients shall receive one mandate. The next vacant mandate shall be

 received by the district having a relatively higher coefficient as compared to

 other districts. Calculation of coefficients shall be repeated until all mandates are

 distributed. In case of equal highest coefficients, the mandate shall be distributed

 by drawing of lots.

9. Four mandates of Deputies shall be distributed among national minority

 representatives by the principle of 1 mandate to each of the first 4 national

 minorities with the largest number of resident population according to the data

 of the latest census preceding the elections. To this end, mandates shall be

 distributed among the political parties (alliances of political parties) having

 passed the threshold, by the coefficient received for each mandate, which shall

 be calculated by the following formula:

 =
 +1

 where:

 Cp — coefficient of a political party (alliance of political parties);

 Fm — the number of mandates received from the first part of the list of the

 political party (alliance of political parties);

 Mm — the total number of mandates already received by the political party

 (alliance of political parties) out of the 4 mandates for national minority

 representatives, in calculating the coefficient of the political party

 (alliance of political parties) for the next mandate.

 Mandates of national minority representatives shall be distributed among political

 parties (alliances of political parties) by the sequence of reduction of coefficients.

 In case of equal coefficients, the mandate shall be distributed by drawing of lots.

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 When distributing mandates of national minority representatives a political party

 (alliance of political parties) shall provide the mandate to the national minority

 under the smallest record number in its list not yet having a mandate. Where

 there is not any in the second part of the electoral list of the political party

 (alliance of political parties), the turn for the distribution shall be passed on to

 the political party (alliance of political parties) having the next coefficient by

 value. Where in the course of such a process it is impossible to distribute

 mandates of national minority representatives any more, the respective mandate

 shall remain vacant.