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Article 64
 

1. The Assembly is composed of 140 MPs, elected according to a proportional election system with regional competition and national threshold.


2. Electoral subjects reaching the national threshold shall participate in the distribution of seats.


3. Voters shall enjoy the right to give preferential votes to the candidates of multi-name lists. Criteria and rules on the implementation of the electoral system, on the determination of electoral zones, national threshold, number of seats for each zone, distribution of seats and extent of preferential vote shall be defined in the law on elections. The law on elections guarantees that no


less than two-thirds of the multi-name list should be subject to preferential voting and ensures gender representation.