Determination of the provisional election results by the federal elections authority

(1) On the basis of the reports submitted to them by the provincial elections authorities according to § 93, para 2, and § 94, para 2, the federal elections authority has to provisionally determine, for each of the thirty nine regional constituencies, nine provincial constituencies and for the whole federal territory the following:

a) the total number of valid and invalid votes;

b) the number of invalid votes; 

c) the number of valid votes;

d) the number of valid votes cast for each party (party totals).

(2) Thereafter, the federal elections authority has to determine the number of seats falling to the individual parties, according to the provisional election results, following the regulations set out in § 96, para 2, § 97, § 100, § 101 as well as § 107.

(3) Upon request, the federal returning officer has to hand to any election assistants present (§ 20a, para 1) a compilation of the results of the vote of the elections authority signed by him or her.