(1) Candidates will be given mandates from the compensatory list in the order of notification. Candidates eliminated will be replaced by the candidate following him in order.

(2) If the candidate of the compensatory list has been elected mayor, or representative in the single mandate constituency, s/he shall be deleted from the compensatory list and will be replaced by the next candidate in the list.

(3) No mandate will be given to

a) the compensatory list of the nominating organisation if the candidates of the nominating organisation that has set up such list have not reached five percent of compensatory votes aggregated at settlement level, or

b) the compensatory list if the joint candidates of nominating organisations that have set up a joint list have not reached ten per cent of compensatory votes aggregated at settlement level, or fifteen per cent thereof, in the case of joint compensatory list set up by more than two nominating organisations.

(4) Candidates from national minority compensatory lists will be awarded mandates according to the number of votes gained in single member constituencies . In the case of equality of votes, the mandate will be decided by drawing lots.

(5) Subsection (3) shall not be applied to national minority compensatory mandates.