§ Article 120(untitled)

stablishment of the results of the referendum in the regions and the city
 of Minsk
 Based on the protocols of district, city, district referendum commissions in cities, regional
and Minsk city referendum commissions establish:
 the total number of citizens in the region, the city of Minsk, who have the right to participate
in the referendum;
 the number of citizens who received ballot papers;
 the number of citizens who took part in the vote, including the number of citizens who took
part in early voting, the number of citizens who took part in voting at their location, and the
number of citizens who took part in voting on the day of the referendum in the premises of the
polling station;
 the number of those who voted for the approval of the issue submitted to the referendum
and the number of those who voted against its approval;
 number of ballots declared invalid;
 the number of ballots issued to district, city, and city district referendum commissions;
 number of spoiled ballots;
 number of unused ballots.
 The results of the referendum in the regions and the city of Minsk are established at
meetings of the regional and Minsk city referendum commissions and are entered into the
minutes. The protocol is signed by the chairman, deputy chairman, secretary and members of
the regional and Minsk city referendum commissions and transferred no later than the fourth
day after voting day personally by the chairman or deputy chairman or secretary of the
commission to the Central Commission. Attached, if any, to the protocol sent to the Central
Commission are special opinions of members of the commission, statements of other persons
about violations committed during voting or during the counting of votes, and the decisions of
the commission taken on them.
 Article 121. Summing up the results of the referendum
 Based on the protocols of the regional and Minsk city referendum commissions, the Central
Commission establishes:
 the total number of citizens entitled to participate in the referendum;
 the number of citizens who received ballot papers;
 the number of citizens who took part in the vote, including the number of citizens who took
part in early voting, the number of citizens who took part in voting at their location, and the
number of citizens who took part in voting on the day of the referendum in the premises of the
polling station;
 the number of those who voted for the approval of the issue submitted to the referendum
and the number of those who voted against its approval;
 number of ballots declared invalid.
 The referendum is considered valid if more than half of the citizens included in the voting
lists took part in the voting. A decision is considered to have been adopted by a referendum if
more than half of the citizens who took part in the voting voted for it in the Republic of Belarus
as a whole.
 The results of the referendum are established at a meeting of the Central Commission and
entered into the minutes. The protocol is signed by the Chairman, Deputy Chairman, Secretary
and members of the Central Commission.
 The Central Commission, on the proposal of the relevant referendum commissions and the
bodies that formed the commissions, as well as on the grounds established by it, may recognize
the results of a referendum in a region, district, city, district in a city, or at a polling station as
invalid due to violations of the requirements of this Code and other acts of legislation.
 The message on the results of the referendum is published in the print media by the Central
Commission within seven days, and is also posted on the official website of the Central
Commission on the global computer network Internet. The message shall indicate the total
number of citizens entitled to participate in the referendum; the number of citizens who
received ballot papers; the number of citizens who took part in the vote; the number of those
who voted for the approval of the issue submitted to the referendum and the number of those
who voted against its approval; number of ballots declared invalid.