§ Article 72(untitled)

ublication of Voting results and Results of Election, Referendum

 1. Commission shall provide for inspection the voting results for each electoral district,
referendum district, the territory within the area of responsibility of the commission, referendum
results within the scope of the data contained in its protocol of voting results and protocol of
voting results of the commissions of the next subordinate level to voters, referendum
participants, candidates, attorneys of candidates, election associations, authorized persons of
candidates, election associations, electoral blocs, authorized representatives of the referendum
initiative group, observers, foreign (international) observers, mass media representatives at
their request.
(as amended by the Federal Law of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ)

 2. Election commissions that registered candidates (lists of candidates), referendum
commissions that establish referendum results shall send the general data on the election
results, referendum results to mass media within one day after the election results, referendum
results are established.
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 3. The general results of elections, a referendum, and information on the number of
votes received by each candidate (list of candidates), votes cast for options "Yes" and "No"
(“For” and “Against”) shall be officially published by corresponding commission in the order and
terms established by the law but not later than in one month after the voting day.
(Clause 3 as amended by the Federal Law of July 12, 2006, No.107-FZ)

 4. Commissions of all levels, with the exception of precinct commissions, shall publish
(make public) the data contained in the protocols of voting results and protocols of the results of
elections, a referendum of commissions of corresponding levels and the data contained in the
protocols of voting results and protocols of the results of elections, a referendum of
commissions of the next subordinate level on the basis of which the voting results, the results of
the election, the referendum were established by corresponding commissions. The publication
of the data listed above and contained in the protocols of election commissions that operated
within the territory of the electoral district may be assigned by the law to corresponding district
election commission or to the election commission of the subject of the Russian Federation.
The complete data on the results of election to federal bodies of state power, a referendum of
the Russian Federation shall be officially published within three months after the voting day.
The complete data on the results of elections of bodies of state power of the subject of the
Russian Federation, bodies of local self-government, a referendum of the subject of the
Russian Federation, a local referendum shall be officially published within two months after the
voting day. Within three months after the day of the official publication of the complete data on
the results of elections of bodies of state power, a referendum of the Russian Federation, a
referendum of the subject of the Russian Federation, the data contained in the protocols of
voting results of all commissions and in protocols of election results, referendum results of all
commissions shall be published in information-telecommunication network "Internet."
(as amended by the Federal Law of July 11, 2011, No.200-FZ)