305.1. The Program of Preliminary Electoral Results is a mechanism of electoral information established in the law in charge of providing the preliminary and not f nal results, of a strictly informative character through the capture, digitalization and publication of the information included in the scrutiny and count certificates of the polling stations received in the centers of the gathering and transmission of data authorized by the Institute.

305.2. Its objective will be to inform the General Council, the political parties, coalitions, candidates, media and the citizens in a timely manner, guaranteeing the security, transparency, reliability, credibility and integrity of the results and the information in all stages.

305.3. The timely, verified and public information of the preliminary results is a function of national character that the Institute will have under its responsibility regarding its regulation, design, operation and publicity governed by the principles of legality, certainty, objectivity, independence and maximum publicity.

305.4. The Program of Preliminary Electoral Results will be a unique program and its operational rules will be issued by the Institute with an obligatory nature for its bodies and those of the Local Public Bodies.