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[…] Provided that where at any general election, a single political party obtains in the aggregate more than fifty per centum of all valid votes cast at that election, as credited to its candidates by the Electoral Commission at the first count of all the votes, but the number of its candidates elected at such election is less than fifty per centum of the total number of members composing the Parliament to be elected, the number of members composing the Parliament to be elected, the number of members of the House of Representatives shall be increased by as many members as may be necessary, so that the party obtaining more than fifty per centum as aforesaid shall have one member more than the total of the other members elected from any other party or parties: and in any such case, such candidates shall be declared by the Electoral Commission to be elected to fill the additional seats created under this proviso, who, being candidates of the party obtaining more than fifty per centum of the valid votes as aforesaid, were credited by the Electoral Commission at the last count with the highest or next higher number of votes without being elected, irrespective of the electoral division in which such highest or higher number of votes occurs.