1. A precinct election commission shall prepare a protocol of voting results for the relevant electoral precinct.
(as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)

2. A precinct election commission shall draw up a protocol of voting results on one page. In exceptional cases the protocol may be drawn up on more than one page and, in this case, each page shall be numbered, signed by all present members of a precinct election commission having the right of casting vote and certified with the seal of the precinct election commission. The protocol of a precinct election commission shall contain the following:
1) No. of original copy;
2) name of the election, date of voting;
3) word “Protocol”;
4) address of the polling station specifying the number of the voting precinct;
(sub-clause 4 as amended by Federal Law No. 64-FZ dated April 26,2007)
5) the following lines of the protocol:
line 1: the number of voters included in the voters list as of the end of voting;
line 2: the number of ballots received by the precinct election commission;
line 3: the number of ballots issued to voters who voted early in accordance with clauses 2 to 9 of Article 70 of this Federal Law;
line 4: the number of ballots issued to voters by the precinct election commission at the polling station on voting day;
line 5: the number of ballots issued to voters who voted outside the polling station on voting day;
line 6: the number of cancelled ballots;
line 7: the number of ballots in the mobile ballot boxes;
line 8: the number of ballots in the stationary ballot boxes;
line 9: the number of invalid ballots;
line 10: the number of valid ballots;
line 11: the number of absentee ballots received by the precinct election commission;
line 12: the number of absentee ballots issued to voters at the polling station by the precinct election commission before voting day (in case a second round of voting is held, the number of absentee ballots without detachable coupons issued to voters at the polling station before voting day);
line 13: the number of voters who voted in the electoral precinct on the basis of absentee ballots;
line 14: the number of unused absentee ballots (in case a second round of voting is held, the number of cancelled unused absentee ballots);
line 15: the number of absentee ballots issued to voters by the territorial election commission);
line 16: the number of lost absentee ballots;
line 17: the number of lost ballots;
line 18: the number of ballots unrecorded upon receipt;
(sub-clause 5 as amended by Federal Law No. 263-FZ dated October 4, 2010)
6) information on the number of complaints (statements) attached to the protocol, which were received by the precinct election commission on voting day before the end of vote counting;
(as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)
7) surnames and initials of the chairman, deputy chairman and other members of the election commission having the right of casting vote and their signatures (if a protocol is made on more than one page, on each page of the protocol);
(as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)
8) the date and time (hours, minutes) when the protocol was singed (if a protocol is made on more than one page, on each page of the protocol);
9) the seal of the election commission (if a protocol is made on more than one page, on each page of the protocol).

3. The following data shall be entered in line 19 and subsequent lines of a protocol of voting results: (as amended by Federal Law No. 263-FZ dated October 4, 2010) the surname, first name and patronymic name of the registered candidates included in the ballot in the alphabetical order, and, if any names coincide, other data of the registered candidates; the number of votes cast for each registered candidate; in case provided by clause 5.1 of Article 67 of this Federal Law, the number of votes “Against” cast by voters.

(as amended by Federal Law No. 107-FZ dated July 12, 2006)
4. Lost effect. — Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005.
5. Numbers specified in clauses 2 and 3 of this Article shall be entered into the protocol of voting results in
figures and words.
(as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)

The provisions of Article 73 as amended by Federal Law No. 263-FZ of October 4, 2010 shall apply to legal
relations arising with respect to holding elections and referenda appointed after the said Federal Law (part 4 of
Article 6 of Federal Law No. 263-FZ of October 4, 2010) has come into force.