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The number of per seat contributions that each party receives is determined annually, taking account of the outcome of the two most recent general elections, unless Section 4 states otherwise.
In the first year of the four-year period that follows elections to the Riksdag, each party receives per seat contributions that correspond to one sixth of the number of seats won in the most recent election, plus five sixths of the number of seats won in the immediately preceding election. In the second year, the party receives per seat contributions that correspond to half the number of seats in the most recent election plus half the number of seats in the immediately preceding election. In the third and fourth years, the party receives per seat contributions that correspond to five sixths of the number of seats in the most recent election plus one sixth of the number of seats in the immediately preceding election.
If a party has not won representation in the Riksdag in one of the two most recent elections, for that election the number of full tenths of a percentage point of votes over 2.5 per cent that the party received nationwide are counted instead of seats. If a party has won representation in the Riksdag in one of the two most recent elections but has not received 4 per cent of the votes nationwide, for that election both the number of seats and the number of full tenths of a percentage point of votes over 2.5 per cent are counted.
However, if the total number of seats and tenths of percentage points of votes over 2.5 per cent exceed fourteen, the surplus sum is not counted.