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§ 91
 

Determining the preferential votes


(1) Each candidate on one of the party lists from one of the proposals for the provincial elections published in the respective provincial constituency, receives a preferential vote each time their name is correctly indicated by a voter on an official ballot paper (§ 79, § 82, para 2).


(2) The total number of preferential votes received by a candidate, divided into provincial party list and regional party list, is determined by the district elections authority for the territory of the electoral districts and by the provincial elections authorities for the territories of the provincial constituency and of all its regional constituencies.