Sweden - 1974 Constitution
Part | The Instrument of Government |
Title | Article 8 |
Chapter | 3 - The Riksdag |
Article |
8 The fixed constituency seats in each constituency shall be distributed proportionately among the parties on the basis of the election result in that constituency. The adjustment seats shall be distributed among the parties in such a way that the distribution of all the seats in the Riksdag, other than those fixed constituency seats which have been allocated to a party polling less than four per cent of the national vote, is in proportion to the total number of votes cast throughout the whole of the Realm for the respective parties participating in the distribution of seats. If, in the distribution of the fixed constituency seats, a party obtains seats which exceed in number the number which corresponds to the proportional representation of that party in the Riksdag, then that party and the fixed constituency seats which it has obtained shall be disregarded in distributing the adjustment seats. The adjustment seats shall be allocated to constituencies after they have been distributed among the parties.
The odd number method shall be used to distribute the seats among the parties, with the first divisor adjusted to 1.4.
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Categories |
- Electoral party (Electoral rules/formula) - Parliamentary party (Composition national legislature (parliament/ senate)) |
Source | Gisbert H. Flanz ed. 2004. Constitutions of the Countries of the World. Dobbs Ferry, New York: Oceana Publications. |