Electoral law quota details

https://legislation.mt/eli/cap/354/eng/pdf

For the purpose of electing the additional members, if any, required in terms of article 52A of the Constitution, the Commission shall: 

(a)   establish  the  number  of  members  elected  to  the House by sex and determine the under- represented sex as the sex with the lowest number of members elected to the House;

(b)   establish  the  percentage  of  seats  attained  by  the under-represented sex based on the number of elected members of the under-represented sex elected to the House as a proportion of the number of elected members to the House by dividing the number of elected members of the under-represented sex with the number of elected members multiplied by hundred; and

(c)   in  the  event  that  the  percentage  of  the  under-represented sex is below forty percent (40%), the Commission shall assign up to a maximum of twelve (12) additional seats by applying the following equation: 

(A) + X/(B) + X = 0.40

A  =  total  number  of  seats  attained  by  the  under-represented sex; 

B = total number of members elected to the House;

X = additional seats created in terms of article 52A of the Constitution;

0.40  =  the  denominator  that  represents  the  total number of seats, including the additional seats created in terms of article 52A of the Constitution. 

Subject to the provisions of article 52(1) of the Constitution, the number of additional seats resulting from the application of the equation shall be rounded down to the nearest even integer to ensure that the additional seats allocated to the under-represented sex in terms of article52A of the Constitution shall be an even integer and the elected members of the under-represented sex elected to the House shall not exceed forty percent (40%). (Article 4.24)