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Glosssary of Parliamentary Terms
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- D'HONDT RULE :
- Mathematical procedure to allocate seats, according to a proportional system. For each electoral district, the votes obtained for the candidacies are divided into a continuous series of natural numbers (1, 2, 3, ...), called divisors. The seats are allocated in accordance with the magnitude of the quotients obtained. This allocation system tends to favour the most-voted parties, in terms of votes per seat.
- DATA BROADCASTING CENTRE (CDD):
- Place where the provisional electoral results are publicly broadcast via paper reports and audiovisual (TV) means.
- DATA PROCESSING CENTRE (CPD):
- Location of the computer systems and calculation programs to count tables, votes and, in general, to perform any operation or computer process required to obtain a provisional vote count.
- DATA RECEPTION CENTRE (CRI):
- Physical place where government representatives and polling station coordinators report the results of the election day: constitution of voting tables, participation and results of provisional vote count table by table (minutes by minutes). At the CRI, there are telephones that receive data, PDA/Smart Phone data reception systems, recording equipment and incidence equipment.
- Declaration of Incompatibility :
- Document that must be completed by the Members of Parliament at the start of the Parliamentary term, or at some point during said Term when the situation originally declared in relation to the professional activities carried out is modified, for the purpose of ensuring that the activity carried out is compatible with the office of Member of Parliament.
- Declaration of Large Population Municipality :
- Agreement reached by the Plenary of the Assembly on initiative of those Town Councils with a specific population and economic-social or cultural development conditions, on verification of their concurrence.
- DEFINITIVE RESULTS:
- Proclaimed by the provisional electoral boards. Once the elections are over, these are the only valid results for all purposes and they cancel the provisional D-day results (election day).
- Dissolution :
- Act which puts an end to the Parliamentary Term, concludes the mandate and calls for new elections.
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