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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-entry-to-negotiations-etc-act-1996-repealed/schedule-1/paragraph-9",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/11",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland (Entry to Negotiations, etc) Act 1996 (repealed)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-entry-to-negotiations-etc-act-1996-repealed",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) If the number of votes given for a party in a constituency equals or exceeds the quota, one of the candidates on the party’s constituency list shall be returned from the constituency as a delegate.\n(2) But if the number of votes equals or exceeds a multiple of the quota, a correspondingly greater number of candidates shall be returned (up to the number appearing on the list).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/11/schedule/1/paragraph/9",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}