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§ 108
 

Allocating the seats to the candidates, record of these proceedings, announcement of the results


(1) The seats received in the third counting procedure (§ 107) are to be allocated to the candidates of all parties, according to their place in the federal list of candidates. Unsuccessful candidates are be taken into consideration when a seat from their list in the federal list of candidates is finished. The order of their appointment is to be determined according to their place in the federal list of candidates.


(4) The federal elections authority has to formulate the result of the third counting procedure as follows:


a) the number of party totals for each party on the federal territory;


b) the number of seats allocated to each party;


c) the names of the candidates who have received seats according to § 107, para 8.


(5) The result of the computations of the federal elections authority is to be entered in a record. This record has to include at least the following information:


a) the names of the members of the federal elections authority who are present and of those who are absent;


b) the declarations according to para 2.


(4) The results of the computations are to immediately be announced in the form described in para 2. The announcement has to be put up on the official notice board of the Federal Ministry of the Interior and posted on the Internet. It has to also include the date when it was put up on the official notice board.


(5) 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.