# Northern Ireland (Entry to Negotiations, etc) Act 1996 (repealed), Paragraph 10

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

If the application of paragraph 9 produces fewer than five delegates, then—
(a) there shall be calculated for each party (excluding any whose constituency list has been exhausted) the quotient representing—
VN+1where V is the number of votes given for the party and N is the number of the party’s candidates returned as delegates by the previous application of paragraph 9 (or paragraph 9 and this paragraph);
(b) a candidate on the list of the party with the highest quotient shall be returned as a delegate.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/11/schedule/1/paragraph/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-entry-to-negotiations-etc-act-1996-repealed/schedule-1/paragraph-10
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