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European Parliament Elections Act 1997
The quota.
84. (1) The returning officer shall then divide the number of all valid papers by a number exceeding by one the number of representatives to be elected; the result increased by one, any fractional remainder being disregarded, shall be the number of votes sufficient to secure the election of a candidate and this number is referred to in this Schedule as “the quota”.
(2) Where at the end of any count the number of votes credited to a candidate is equal to or greater than the quota, that candidate shall be deemed to be elected.