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§ 86
 

Adding up the election results from the wards outside of Vienna


(1) The municipal elections authorities in municipalities outside of Vienna which are divided into wards, have to add up the results from the whole territory of the respective municipality, given to them by the ward elections authorities, according to § 84, para 5, and to report the final results to the district elections authority as quickly as possible (immediate notification).


(2) The ward elections authorities in the municipalities described in para 1 have to enclose the voting cards in closed and, if possible, sealed envelopes and transmit them to the municipal elections authorities. The municipal elections authorities have to re-examine the results established by the ward elections authorities according to § 84, paras 3 and 4, on the basis of the record of the election procedure. They have to also calculate the results for the whole territory of the municipality and to put them down in their record. In doing so, the municipal elections authorities have to determine the preferential votes for each candidate on the party lists of a provincial list of candidates published in the provincial constituency on the basis of the preferential vote records of the ward elections authorities and enter them in preferential vote records for the area of responsibility of the municipality. The regulations set out in § 85, para 2, items a) to f), i), j) and k) apply accordingly. The record has to include the final election results for the whole territory of the municipality in the form described in § 84, paras 3 and 4.


(3) The election files of the ward elections authorities have to be attached to the records of the municipal elections authorities discussed in para 1. These constitute the election file of the municipal elections authorities in the respective municipality.


(4) The record of the election procedure is to be signed by the members of the municipal elections authorities. When it is not signed by all members the reason therefor has to be given.