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Article 97
 

Election results in the constituencies


[The senior electoral commission may decide that, in addition to a counting by the commission, counting may also be carried out by the regional electoral commission at another location in the constituency.]1)


The senior electoral commission shall, with sufficient notice prior to the election, announce the time and place when the commission [or the regional electoral commission]1)convenes for the opening of the ballot boxes and the counting of the votes. Local electoral commissions are obligated to make sure that the ballot boxes and the accompanying electoral materials are handed over to the senior electoral commission [or the regional electoral commission]1)at that time, unless this cannot be done because of excusable absence. Counting should always take place as soon as possible in the opinion of the senior electoral commission [or the regional electoral commission].1)


If the voting is postponed pursuant to Article 114, the counting of votes must never take place until voting has ended everywhere.