320.1. The state count is the procedure by which each of the local councils determines, through the addition of the results recorded in the district count certificates on the election of senators by the principle of plurality, the vote obtained in this election in the state. This calculation is subject to the following rules:

a) The results listed in each of the district count certificates will be added up;

b) The sum of these results will constitute the state count for the election of senators;

c) If as a result of the addition of the certificates of the district councils, it is established that there is a different equal to or less than one percentage point between the winning formula and that in second place, the president of the local council will immediately inform the Executive Secretary of the Institute of this, who in turn will inform the General Council;

d) In the notice, the local council will inform the Executive Secretary that it will proceed to carry out a random vote recount of the electoral packages of up to ten percent of the polling station, as determined by the application of the statistical method, exclusively for the ballots for the election of senators in the terms of the provisions of the agreement of the General Council;

e) The President of the Local Council will immediately inform the Presidents of the district councils so that they can proceed to carry out the recount of the packages of the polling stations in accordance with the results of the random method approved by the General Council, after ordering a recess for the recount to be carried out;

f) The district councils, in the terms of the provisions of this Law, will proceed to carry out the recount ordered by the President of the Local Council;

g) After f nalizing the recount, the presidents of the district councils will immediately inform the President of the Local Council of the results, through electronic or even telegraphic means, without prejudice to the provisions in the following subparagraph;

h) The district councils will, where applicable, proceed to carry out the rectification of the district count certificates on the election of senators and send them to the respective Local Council;

i) The president of the corresponding local council will inform the General Council through the Executive Secretary of the development of the recount and of the results;

j) The local council will verify the compliance with the formal requirements of the election and, also that candidates of the formulas for senators who have been successful by the principle of plurality and of the formula registered in the first place by the party which on its own has succeeded in obtaining the second place in the vote, comply with the eligibility requirements set out in article 10 of this Law;

k) The results of the count, the incidents that occurred during the same and the declaration of validity of the election and of the eligibility of the candidates of the formulas for senators that won and the formula registered in the first place by the party that by itself obtained the second place in the vote will be recorded in the minutes of the session, and

l) The electoral package or packages that were subjected to a vote recount in district councils regarding the election of senators cannot be part of the random recount referred to in this article, and the results should be included in the corresponding certificate.

320.2. The state count for the election of senators by the principle of proportional representation is determined by the sum of the results recorded in the district count certificates of this election, subjecting itself, where applicable, to the rules set out in subparagraphs a), b) and d) of the previous paragraph.