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ParliamentaryElection Act, Chapter I, Part 2, Article 10. (2009-02-24)

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Parliamentary Election Act

CHAPTER I GENERAL ELECTIONS AND REFERENDUMS

Part 2 Electoral Districts and PollingDistricts. Local Distribution of Seats

10. (1) Of the nationwide 175 seats, 135 areconstituency seats and 40 are compensatory seats. The distribution of seatsamong regions and among multimember constituencies are determined and announcedby the Minister for Social Welfare following publication of the populationfigure as at January 1st 2010, 2015, 2020, etc., and the distributionsubsequently applies to the following elections.

(2) The distribution is fixed proportional tonumbers, which for each region and each multi- member constituency are computedas the sum of: 1) the population; 2) the number of voters in the last generalelection; and 3) the area in square kilometers multiplied by 20, of theappropriate region or multimember constituency, respectively. If the number ofseats resulting from the distribution are not integers and, therefore, do notadd up to the necessary number of seats when fractions are eliminated, thelargest fractions shall be increased until the number has been reached (themethod of the largest remainders). If two or more fractions are of equal size,lots shall be drawn.

(3) According to the computation rule insubsection (2), the 175 seats are first distributed among the three regions.Next, the 135 constituency seats are distributed accordingly among the regions.Finally, the constituency seats are distributed among the multimemberconstituencies within the appropriate regions.

(4) If, by computation according to subsection(3), the Multimember Constituency of Bornholm fails to obtain at least twoseats, a second distribution of seats shall be undertaken in which theMultimember Constituency of Bornholm is allocated two seats in advance. Theremaining 133 constituency seats shall be finally distributed among the othermultimember constituencies as specified in subsection (3).

(5) The number of compensatory seats forallocation to each region shall be computed as the difference between theoverall number of seats in the region and the number of constituency seats inthe region.