The department’s representatives are elected by the departmental council from among its members within four months of its renewal. Lists of candidates must be composed alternately of one candidate of each sex. The list with the most votes is allocated a number of seats equal to half the number of seats to be filled, rounded up where necessary. The remaining seats are distributed between all the lists on the basis of proportional representation using the highest average.
The number of seats is calculated on the basis of the number of votes received by each list.