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Article 75
 

Procedure for summarisation of the results of elections of the National Assembly, Councils of Elders of Yerevan in the CEC


1. No later than 24 hours after the end of voting, based on the election results in the electoral precincts, received from TECs, the CEC shall, in accordance with the requirements of this Article, summarise the preliminary results of voting on election of the National Assembly, Council of Elders of Yerevan, and endorse them by a protocol.
The preliminary results of voting for elections of the National Assembly shall be officially published during live broadcasting of public radio and public television. While publishing the preliminary results during live broadcasting, the number of ballot papers cast for political parties running in the elections by electoral districts and the votes received by candidates included in the district candidate lists, shall not be published.
After having been signed, the protocol on preliminary voting results on election of the National Assembly, Councils of Elders of Yerevan shall be published on the website of the CEC.


2. During the election of the National Assembly, no later than 72 hours after the publication of the preliminary results, the data obtained from the technical equipment shall be summarised by means of special software, and the following shall be published on the website of the CEC:


(1) the total number of voting slips printed by means of technical equipment;
(2) the total number of voting slips printed through inserting an identification document into the technical equipment;
(3) the total number of voting slips printed through inputting by the specialist, using the keyboard, the data of the identification document into the technical equipment;
(4) the total number of voting slips printed through the technical equipment for voters registered in the military unit;
(5) the total number of voting slips printed through the technical equipment for voters included in the supplementary list of voters being drawn up on the Election Day.


3. On the 7th day after the Election Day, based on the PEC results protocols, the recounting results, the decisions adopted on the voting results, the CEC shall draw up a protocol on the voting results.


4. The following shall be indicated in the protocol on the voting results:


(1) the total number of voters, which shall be equal to the sum of the number of voters included in the list and the number of voters in the supplementary list;
(2) the total number of voting participants;
(3) the total number of sticker allocated to the PEC;
(4) the total number of numbered passes allocated to the PEC;
(5) the total number of passes printed by means of technical equipment, received from voters;
(6) the total number of numbered voting slips received from voters;
(7) the total number of passes received from voters;
(8) the total number of unused numbered passes;
(9) the total number of unused sticker;
(10) the total number of invalid ballot papers;
(11) the number of ballot papers with affirmative vote cast in favour of every political party running in the elections, in case of elections of the National Assembly also by electoral districts;
(12) the number of ballot papers with affirmative vote cast in favour of every candidate included in the district candidate list of political parties running in the elections, by electoral districts, in case of elections of the National Assembly;
(13) the total level of error.
The total level of error shall be equal to the sum of the total level of error in all the formed electoral precincts.


5. The protocol shall be signed by the commission members; it shall be sealed by the chairperson of the commission.


6. A carbon copy of the protocol on the voting results, certified by the signatures of the commission chairperson and the secretary, and by the commission seal, shall be provided to persons having the right to be present at the session of the election commission, upon their request.


7. On the 7th day after the Election Day, based on the protocol on the voting results, court judgments, decisions adopted due to consideration of applications (complaints) received from commissions, decisions of TECs adopted on the violations recorded on the Election Day in the registration books of PECs, and decisions adopted on the voting results, the CEC shall summarise the election results and adopt a decision on the election results.