Step 1: Determine the electoral quota required for a political party to gain 01 (one) seat by using the formula below: V’v Q’t = S’s Where: Qt = the electoral quota irrespective the remaining decimal; V’v = the total number of valid votes received by all political parties receiving the seat(s) in the Capital/province, deducted the valid votes of the political party that has abandoned its seat(s) in the capital/province; S’s = the number of the abandoned seat(s) in the Capital/province. Step 2: Determine the preliminary number of seat(s) that each political party would receive by applying the following formula: