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Article 210
 

For the distribution of the senators seats in the federal entities, the chairmen of the principal Committees of the constituency as mentioned in article 26quater of the special law, after having counted the votes and allocated the seats of the Walloon Parliament or the Flemish Parliament, draw a summary table showing the number of vote obtained for each list.


The chairman of the principal Committee of the constituency or the person he appoints, communicates without delay and by digital transmission using the electronic signature transmitted from his identity card, the table to the clerk of the Senate responsible for the allocation of the senators’ seats in the federal entities.


The chairman of the central electoral committee of the constituency sends within 24 hours a paper version of the table signed by the members of the committee and the witnesses to the clerk of the Senate who suspends the distribution of the senators’ seat in the federal entities.