Summarization of the Election Results of the Candidates Nominated for the Council Member
1. Based on the data of the summarization protocols of the election of the candidates nominated for the community council members, the Territorial Electoral Commission sums up the election results, and within five days after the close of voting makes one of the following decisions:
1) On the election of the community council members;
2) On recognizing the election of the community council members as invalid;
3) On recognizing the election of the community council members as not held.
2. Election results of the candidates nominated for the community council members are summarized by multi- mandate majoritarian constituencies, as established in point three of Article 120 of this Code.
3. Elections of the candidates nominated for the community council members can be recognized as invalid or not held according to the multi-mandate majoritarian constituencies, as established in point three of Article 120.
4. The first five candidates for the community council members, who have received the maximum "yes" votes, are considered elected at the given multi-mandate majoritarian constituency.
5. The election of the community council members is recognized as invalid, if the amount of the inaccuracies influencing the number of votes excludes the possibility of determining the elected candidate, or if in the course of preparation and conduct of elections such violations of the current Code occurred, that might affect the results of the elections. In case the election of the community council members has been recognized invalid, 14 days after the election repeated voting is held in the procedure established by this Code and with the same composition of the candidates.
6. The election of the community council member is considered as not held, if as a result of the repeated voting; some bases are available for recognizing the election of the community council member as invalid. In case the election of candidates nominated for the community council members has been recognized as invalid by the verdict of the court, 14 days after the verdict has entered into legal force, repeated voting is held in the procedure established by this Code and with the same composition of the candidates.
7. In the event of the equal number of votes received in the election by candidates nominated for community council member, the distribution of the mandates is done by drawing a lot in the procedure established by the Central Electoral Commission.
8. The Chairman of the Territorial Electoral Commission within two hours after the decision on the election of the community council members has been adopted, forwards a report to the Central Electoral Commission and the relevant governor.
9. The decision of the Territorial Electoral Commission on the election results of the candidates nominated for the community council members can be appealed to court with three days after it has been adopted.
(Amend. of March 23, 1999 LA-286; July 31, 2002 LA-406-P)
