(1) Each provincial election office shall announce the finally calculated voting results in the provincial and regional constituencies. When ballot sheets pursuant to Section 11, paragraphs 2 or 3, were used, the announcement shall contain the results according to Section 14, paragraph 1, when ballot sheets under Section 11, paragraph 4, were used, it shall contain the results according to Section 14, paragraph 2.

(2) The time of the announcement shall be documented in the protocol of the provincial election board; thereafter, the election files of the provincial election board shall be transmitted under lock and key to the Federal Election Commission or delivered by messenger in such a way, that it shall be received no later than on the eighth day after Election Day, except if a second round of voting is held.