“…Generally speaking, one of two procedures are adopted: 1) the attribution of fixed intervals (ASSIS, 1997;PRAÇA, 2004, 2010;MACHADO, 2012;RODRIGUES, 1995) or 2) the total lack of definition (ALMEIDA, 2007;CARREIRÃO, 2006CARREIRÃO, , 2012FIGUEIREDO and LIMONGI, 1995;FLEISHER, 2007;KINZO, 2004;LIMONGI and CORTEZ, 2010;MELO, 2010;NICOLAU, 2006;PERES et al, 2011). Rodrigues (1995) Number of seats -Chamber of Deputies 11 -30 Praça (2004, 2010) Percentage of votes -Chamber of Deputies 0 -01 Assis (1997) Percentage of votes -Chamber of Deputies 3.1 -05 Machado (2012) Percentage of votes -Chamber of Deputies 1.1 -10 Melo and Ev (2014) Percentage of votes -Chamber of Deputies 0 -2.5…”