The National Assembly shall give notice to the National Election Committee immediately or not later than 24 (twenty four) hours. The National Election Committee shall allocate the vacant seat not later than 72 (seventy two) hours upon receipt of notice from the National Assembly to other party that registered their candidates running in the election in the same Capital and province, excluding the party that has lost its seats as mentioned in paragraph 1 above, based on the following steps: 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: