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Article 121
 

On the basis of the protocols received from the regional or the Minsk City commissions on the referendum the Central Commission establishes:


the total number of citizens having the right to participate in the referendum;


the number of citizens who received ballots;


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


the number of persons who voted in favor of the issue (draft decision) submitted to the referendum, and the number of persons who voted against its approval;


the number of ballots recognized invalid.


The referendum is deemed to have taken place if more than a half of the citizens included in the lists of citizens having the right to take part in the referendum, have taken part in the voting.The decision is deemed to be adopted by the referendum, if it was voted for, over the Republic of Belarus as a whole, by more than half of the total number of citizens who have taken part in the voting.


The decision on the adoption, changing and adding of the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus is deemed to be adopted if it was voted for by the majority of the citizens included in the voting lists.


The results of the referendum are established at the sitting of the Central Commission and put down in the protocol.The protocol is signed by the chairperson, the deputy chairperson, the secretary and the members of the commission.


On the basis of a presentation made by the respective commissions on the referendum and the bodies which set up the commissions, as well as on the grounds established by the Central Commission, the Central Commission may declare the referendum results in an region, a district, a city or a city district and in a precinct invalid because of the violations of the requirements of this Code and other acts of legislation of the Republic of Belarus.


The information on the referendum results is published by the Central Commission in the press within seven days.The information states the total number of citizens having the right to take part in the referendum; the number of citizens who received ballots, the number of citizens who took part in the voting, the number of persons who voted in favor of the issue (draft decision) submitted to the referendum, and the number of persons who voted against its approval; and the number of ballots recognized invalid.