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1. In the event that, during the previously held election of the First or Second Chamber of the Parliament, political parties placed a combination of their registered designations, or acronyms thereof, at the top of the candidate list, notwithstanding article 8, section one, the base sums mentioned in said section shall apply jointly to these parties and such sums shall be divided proportionately to the number of seats held. To determine the number of seats held by the political parties involved, a declaration to that effect made the political parties involved shall provide a starting point. In the absence of such a declaration, the base sums are divided proportionately according to the number of parties involved.
2. The distribution of the base sum for the political-scientific institute referred to in article 8, section one (b) shall take place only insofar as the political parties have designated a political-scientific institute. The distribution of the base sum for an institution for foreign activities as provided for in article 8, section one (d), shall take place only insofar as the political parties have designated an institution for foreign activities.