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The novel part of the process really begins here. At the national count centre, the ordinary party vote percentages in each constituency for the first and second ranked parties are then normalised relative to the Droop quota, disregarding any integer part. For example, if Party A obtained 45% and Party B obtained 25%, these would translate to approximately 0.35 and 0.75 "remainder" quotas respectively.

The national count centre and TV networks would rank these remainders separately for each party from highest to lowest, including the constituency name, as results become available. As election night develops these rankings become indicative of those parties which will win the available second seats, and where they will win them.

The national count centre and TV networks would rank these remainders separately for each party from highest to lowest, including the constituency name, as results become available. As election night develops, these rankings become indicative of those parties which will win the available second seats, and where they will win them. As fresh results arrive, they will be "slotted" into the correct order, so the table rankings will continuously change, attracting interest from viewers and commentators.

e.g.

{| class="wikitable"

|+ Party D - Seats available '''8'''

|-

! Constituency !! Remainder Quota

|-

| Blankshire West || 0.91

|-

| Oldtown North || 0.83

|-

| Bracketshire South || 0.71

|-

| Newtown East || 0.62

|-

| ... || ...

|-

| ... || ...

|}

In simple terms, the number of seats already won by each party on the first count is deducted from their national seat allocation and the ''n'' best remainder quotas for each party are assigned to the relevant constituencies as the second seats. Some parties may end up winning both seats as a result, while strong second places will also be rewarded.