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In an attempt to overcome the crisis of the court ruling deeming the constituency division law unconstitutional — which the Supreme Constitutional Court has ordered annulled — the committee concerned with amending the laws had to increase the number of the constituencies' individual seats to 448, in addition to 120 for electoral lists, in addition to 5% of seats allocated to appointed MPs.
In 2012, the parliament building had 498 seats for legislators to sit in, while the number of MPs was 508. The new parliament has 597 MPs. In the past, some MPs would not show up for sessions; this is how the ones who actually attended could find seats to sit down.
