Establishment and Declaration of the Number of Second Votes Cast in each Land

(1) The Land Returning Officer shall examine the election records of the Constituency Electoral Committees and thereafter consolidate the final election results in the constituencies of the Land (Section 76 subsections (2) and (4)), in accordance with the specimen at Annex 30, to attain the final election result for the Land.

(2) After the Land Returning Officer has submitted his or her report, the Land Electoral Committee shall establish the result of the election by Land list in the Land and shall declare

1. the number of persons eligible to vote,

2. the number of actual voters,

3. the numbers of valid and invalid second votes,

4. the numbers of valid second votes cast for each Land list, and

5. in the case specified in Section 6 subsection (1), second sentence, of the Federal Elections Act, the numbers of second votes for the Land lists to be taken into consideration for the allocation of seats (adjusted numbers).

The Land Electoral Committee is authorized to correct figures calculated by the Electoral Boards and Constituency Electoral Committees.

(3) Following declaration, the Land Returning Officer shall announce the election result orally, stating the details specified in subsection (2), first sentence.

(4) The record of the meeting (Section 5 subsection (7)) shall be drawn up in accord-ance with the specimen at Annex 33. Section 76 subsection (6), second sentence, shall apply as appropriate.

(5) The Land Returning Officer shall forward the Federal Returning Officer a copy of the record of the meeting and the declaration of the result of the election by Land list as well as an abstract of the election results in the constituencies of the Land (subsection (1)).