The Central Commission, on the basis of records of regional and the Minsk city commissions on elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus, not later than ten days after the end of voting, establishes at its sitting and writes down in the protocol the following data:

the total number of voters for the Republic of Belarus;

the number of voters who have received ballots;

the number of voters who have taken part in the voting, including the number of voters who have taken part in early voting at the place of location, and the number of voters who have taken part in voting on the day of elections in the premises of voting precinct;

the number of votes given for each candidate for the President of the Republic of Belarus and the number of votes given against all candidates (if the voting was held by one candidate – the number of votes given against the candidate);

the number of ballots recognized as invalid;

the number of spoiled ballots; and

the number of unused ballots.

The protocol is signed by the chairperson, the deputy chairperson, the secretary and the members of the Central Commission.

Elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus are deemed to have taken place if the voting has been attended by more than half of the citizens of the Republic of Belarus included into the list of voters.

The President of the Republic of Belarus is deemed to be elected if more than half of the citizens of the Republic of Belarus who took part in the voting have voted for him.

In the case of detection of mistakes and irregularities in the protocols of the precinct and territorial commissions as well as of other violations committed in the course of the voting or during the count of votes, the Central Commission has the right, on its own initiative or on the application of a candidate for the President of the Republic of Belarus, to take a decision on a recount of votes by the respective territorial commission.An application of a candidate for President of the Republic of Belarus on the recount of votes shall be submitted to the Central Commission not later than on the third day after elections.The recount of votes is performed by the territorial commission in the presence of the member (members) of the superior or Central Commission and if necessary – precinct commissions.

Elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus for the republic in whole or for separate voting precincts, districts, cities, districts in the city, regions or the City of Minsk may be recognized as invalid because of violations of the requirements of this Code made in the course of elections or during the count of votes if they affected the results of the elections for the Republic in whole.Decision on recognizing the elections invalid is taken by the Central Commission.The complaint about such violation is lodged by a candidate for the President of the Republic of Belarus with the Central Commission not later than on the third day following the elections.The decision of the Central Commission may be appealed against in the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus within ten days.The right of appeal against the decision on recognition of elections as invalid belongs to candidates for the President of the Republic of Belarus.

The Central Commission hands over an information on the results of elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus to mass media for making them public (publication) not later than three days from the time of signing of the protocol on the election results.