§ Electoral Code art. 84Totalisation of the results of the vote by the electoral constituency council

Totalisation of the results of the vote by the electoral constituency council
(1) After receiving the minutes and reports of the electoral bureaux of the polling
stations indicating the results of the counting of votes in polling stations, the electoral
constituency council shall first determine the number of voters who participated in the elections
and shall communicate this figure to the Central Electoral Commission. If, in the elections
throughout the constituency, fewer voters have participated than the number required to
declare the valid elections in that constituency, the constituency council shall notify the Central
Electoral Commission of this fact. The Central Electoral Commission shall make a public
announcement declaring the elections invalid for the whole country or for the given
constituency.
(2) Based on the minutes of the electoral bureaux of the polling stations, the electoral
constituency council shall determine throughout the constituency:
a) the number of voters included in the basic electoral roll;
b) the number of voters included in the supplementary lists;
c) the number of voters who received ballot papers;
d) the number of voters who took part in the vote;
e) the figure reflecting the difference between the number of ballot papers received by
voters and the number of voters who took part in the vote;
f) the number of ballot papers declared invalid;
g) the number of valid votes cast per electoral competitor (for each option on the
questions submitted to the referendum);
h) the total number of valid votes cast;
i) the number of ballot papers received by the electoral constituency council;
j) the number of unused and cancelled ballot papers, including those wrongly filled in
and cancelled.
(3) The electoral constituency council shall record the results of the totalisation of votes
throughout the constituency in minutes, which must be signed by all members of the council,
who shall have the opportunity to comment in writing on the minutes. The absence of signature
by members of the council shall not affect the validity of the minutes unless the number of
signatures is below an absolute majority. The reasons for the absence of signatures shall be
mentioned in the council’s report. Copies of the minutes of the totalisation of the election
results, authenticated by the chairperson of the electoral council, shall be given, on a
compulsory basis, to the persons authorised to attend the election.
(4) The electoral constituency council shall submit the minutes of the totalisation of
constituency election results to the Central Electoral Commission within 48 hours after the
closure of polling stations. When submitting the minutes to the Central Electoral Commission,
the electoral constituency council shall display, at the entrance to its premises, detailed
information on the results of the elections by constituency.
(5) In the case of local elections and referenda, the electoral constituency council shall,
by decision, approve the minutes on the totalisation of the results of the local elections in the
constituency concerned, confirm or invalidate their legality. When found that the elections are
legal, it shall declare the candidates elected, award and validate the mandates of the elected
mayors and local councillors, confirm the list of alternate candidates, with the adoption of
decisions to that effect. Those documents, as well as the electoral documents relating to the
totalisation of election results, shall be submitted to the Central Electoral Commission, in
accordance with the terms and procedure laid down in Titles V and VI.