First distribution of seats

The total number of votes cast for the election of Members of the Community Council shall be divided by the number of seats in each district and the quotient of that division, omitted from the fraction, shall be the electoral threshold by which the electoral power of each list is divided, i.e. the total number of valid votes received. Each list is entitled to as many seats as many times as the electoral threshold is included in its electoral power. An independent candidate who receives votes equal to or more than the electoral threshold, shall occupy one Member’s seat.

The seats assigned to lists of candidates, shall be occupied by the candidates who in turn have obtained the highest number of preference crosses. In the event of a tie of two or more candidates from the same list, if the posts allocated to that list are less than the number of candidates who are tied, the seats shall be allocated in the order by which the candidates appear on the ballot paper.

Second distribution of seats

If, after the first distribution of seats for members of the Community Council, seats remain unallocated, the Elections Officer shall allocate those seats among the candidates of the standalone parties or coalition of parties or a list of independent candidates, irrespective of whether they have been successful in obtaining any seat at the time of the first distribution, in the order of the number of unused balances. The seats are occupied by the list candidates in the order by which the candidates appear on the ballot paper.