(1) After the receipt of the statements of the vote from all the electoral bureaux of the polling stations, and after the settlement of the contestations received from the electoral bureaux of the polling stations, the county electoral bureau, the electoral bureau of the district of Bucharest Municipality or the electoral bureau for the polling stations abroad shall draw up a statement of the vote that shall include:

a) the total number of voters provided for in the copies of the permanent electoral rolls [point a) >/= point b1 ];

b) the total number of voters who reported to the polls [point b) = point b1 + point b2 + point b3], of which:

b1 – the total number of voters who reported to the polls, entered on the copies of the permanent electoral rolls;

b2 – the total number of voters who voted in another polling station than the one they belonged to by distribution according to their domicile, entered on the table provided for in Art. 9 (1);

b3 – the total number of voters who voted by using the special ballot box, entered on the table provided for in Art. 9 paragraph (2);

c) the total number of the validly cast votes [point c) </= point b) – point d)], [point c) = sum of validly cast votes under point g)];

d) the total number of rejected votes;

e) number of ballot papers received [point e) >/= point c) + point d) + point f) ];

f) the number of unused and rejected ballot papers;

g) the total number of validly cast votes obtained by each candidate;

h) a short account of the objections and contestations drawn up and the decisions pronounced.

(2) The provisions of Art. 49 (2) – (4) shall apply accordingly.

(3) The statement of the vote provided for in paragraph (1), together with the statements of the vote received from the electoral bureaux of the polling stations, as well as all the contestations and objections falling within the competence of the Central Electoral Bureau, all of which constitute a file sealed, stamped and signed by the members of the county electoral bureau, of the electoral bureau of the district of Bucharest Municipality or of the electoral bureau for the polling stations abroad, as well as the files including the copies of the of the permanent electoral rolls and the tables used in the polling stations, as well as the statements on one’s own account provided for in Art. 44 paragraph (4), as the case may be, accompanied by the stamp of the respective electoral bureau shall be submitted under military guard to the Central Electoral Bureau within 48 hours at most of the receipt of the last statement of the vote from the electoral bureaux of the polling stations.

(4) In case dissimilarities are found among the data in a statement of the vote received from a county electoral bureau, an electoral bureau of a district of Bucharest Municipality or from the electoral bureau for the polling stations abroad, the Central Electoral Bureau must request the president of the respective electoral bureau to make the necessary corrections. These shall be deemed valid provided they are certified by signing and affixing the control stamp of the polling station.