§ Art. III-186Establishing the Number of MPs and Determining MPs of Ukraine Elected in the

Nationwide election district
 1. A party that received no less than five percent of votes of voters shall be guaranteed to
receive nine MP seats, which shall be distributed in the order of priority, in accordance with the
nationwide electoral list approved by the party.
 2. The Central Election Commission shall establish the number of MP seats to be distributed
in the nationwide election district by way of subtracting from the number of MP seats equal to the
quantitative composition of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine determined by the Constitution of
Ukraine, the number of seats obtained by regional electoral lists of parties entitled to participate in
the distribution of seats, and the total number of mandated guaranteed to each party in accordance
with Part one of this Article.
 3. Repealed
 4. In order to determine the number of MP seats received by the nationwide electoral list of
each party, entitled to participate in the distribution of MP mandated, the sum of the number of
votes cast for the nationwide electoral list of each party in an out-of-country district, and the
number of undistributed votes of each party in all districts shall be divided by the electoral quota
determined in accordance with Part four of Article 183 of this Code. An integer of the received
quotient shall deem a number of MP seats to be granted to MP candidates included in the respective
nationwide electoral list from this party. Fractional reminders up to four decimal places shall be
taken into consideration, when distributing the remaining MP seats in accordance with Part five of
this Article.
 5. The parties, whose nationwide electoral lists have larger fractional reminders, as a result
of the division performed in accordance with Part four of this Article, shall receive one additional
MP mandate each, starting from the nationwide electoral list of MP candidates of the party, which
has obtained the larger fractional remainder. If two or more electoral lists of parties’ MP candidates
have equal fractional reminders, the first to receive an additional MP mandate shall be the electoral
list of the party, the MP candidates of which received the higher number of votes of voters in the
nationwide election district.
 The distribution of MP seats shall deem terminated after the total number of MP seats established
in accordance with Part two of this Article has been exhausted.
 6. The MPs elected from the party shall deem MP candidates included in the nationwide
electoral list of this party in the number that corresponds to the number of MP seats determined in
accordance with Part one, four and five of this Article, in the same order as they appear in the
nationwide electoral list of this party. In this case, the MP candidates that shall be deemed elected
in the respective electoral regions shall not be taken into account when distributing MP seats in the
nationwide election district.
 The provisions of this Part shall also apply in the event of exhaustion of the respective regional
electoral list in accordance with Part four of Article 185 of this Code.

 

 7. The Central Election Commission shall enter the following information in the protocol of
results of the election of MPs, in numbers:
 1) the number of MP seats to be distributed in the nationwide election district;
 2) the total number of unused votes of voters cast in the nationwide election district in
 support of the electoral list of MP candidates from each party, which takes part in the
 distribution of MP seats;
 3) the number of MP seats received by MP candidates, included in the general electoral
 list of candidates from each party, which takes part in the distribution of MP seats.
 8. The Central Election Commission shall indicate the following information in the protocol
of results of the election of MPs as regards each MP elected in the nationwide election district:
 1) last name, first name (all first names), patronymic name (if any);
 2) year of birth;
 3) educational background;
 4) job position (occupation), place of employment;
 5) place of residence;
 6) party membership;
 7) nationwide election district, in which an MP was elected;
 8) the name of the party, from which an MP was elected.
 In the regional electoral lists, it shall be necessary to put a mark as regards MPs elected in the
nationwide election district, on them being elected in this district.