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9(1)The rules are—
1Each Assembly constituency must be wholly included in one Assembly electoral region.
2The regional electorate for an Assembly electoral region must be as near the regional electorate for each other Assembly electoral region as is reasonably practicable, having regard (where appropriate) to special geographical considerations.
3The total number of seats for the Assembly electoral regions must be—
(a)one half of the total number of the Assembly constituencies, or
(b)(if that total number is not exactly divisible by two) one half of the number produced by adding one to that total number.
4The number of seats for an Assembly electoral region must be—
(a)one fifth of the total number of seats for the Assembly electoral regions, or
(b)(if that total number is not exactly divisible by five) either one fifth of the highest number which is less than that total number and exactly divisible by five, or the number produced by adding one to one fifth of that highest number, as provided by sub-paragraphs (2) to (6).
(2)If the total number of seats for the Assembly electoral regions is not exactly divisible by five, there is to be calculated the difference between—
(a)the total number of seats for the Assembly electoral regions, and
(b)the highest number which is less than that total number and exactly divisible by five.
(3)That difference is the number of residual seats.
(4)No more than one residual seat may be allocated to an Assembly electoral region.
(5)The regional electorate for each Assembly electoral region is to be divided by the aggregate of—
(a)the number of Assembly constituencies in the Assembly electoral region, and
(b)one fifth of the highest number which is less than the total number of seats for the Assembly electoral regions and exactly divisible by five.
(6)In allocating the residual seat or seats to an Assembly electoral region or regions, regard must be had to the desirability of allocating the residual seat or seats to the Assembly electoral region or regions for which the calculation in sub-paragraph (5) produces the highest number or numbers.
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