1. The total vote count will be carried out based on the minutes of the operations of the polling stations, on the registers of electors and other accompanying documents.

2. If any elements of any polling station are lacking, the counting will begin with the elements received up to then. The chairman shall schedule a new meeting to complete the works within the following forty-eight hours; in the meantime, arrangements must be made in order to correct this fault.

3. In the Autonomous Regions of Azores and Madeira the total vote count may be based on telegraph correspondence transmitted by the presidents of the municipalities or the municipal administrative commissions.