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Article 108
 

(Amended by Article 24 of Law 5980 on 8 April 2010)


The work related to the combining of the election results minutes incoming from the polling station committees by the district electoral boards and the determination of the election results shall be carried out openly and without interruption.


The political party candidates and their observers along with the independent candidates and their observers as well as the political party representatives in the district electoral boards may be present at will during the counting, listing and combination procedures which are performed by the District Electoral Board. In case the number of independent candidates and their observers who are present exceeds three, the first three names drawn by lot may remain to observe the procedures. Lots shall not be drawn for the political parties and their observers. A place close to the polling station shall be arranged to enable those present to observe the procedures.


The District Electoral Board shall work without interruption to receive and combine the protocols incoming from polling station committees by means of recording them in special protocols belonging to each election type and electoral district in the order of their arrival.


After the arrival of the last polling station protocol, the combination procedure of all polling station protocols in the district shall be completed and the result shall be recorded in a minute. These procedures can also be carried out in a computer environment in accordance with the procedures and principles determined by the Supreme Board of Elections provided that these are in compliance with the procedures and principles set forth in the Law.


The following shall be recorded, in writing and in numbers, in the combining protocols to be arranged by the district electoral boards


1. Name of the province,
2. Name of the district electoral board and its number, if applicable,
3. The election type and electoral district,
4. The page number of the protocol,
5. The number of the polling station committee in succession
6. The name of the constituency where the polling station was located,
7. The number of voters listed in the polling station voter registry
8. The number of voters who have cast votes
9. The number of ballots deemed valid without objection
10. The number of ballots deemed valid and taken into account upon objection
11. The total number of valid ballots
12. The total number of ballots deemed void and not taken into account
13. The names of the political parties in the order they appear on the joint ballot and the number of votes cast for each political party
14. The names and surnames of the independent candidates in the order they appear on the joint ballot and the number of votes cast for each independent candidate
(Annex: annexed on 13/3/2018 in accordance with the article 13 of Law 7102) 15. number of joint votes received for the each alliances
(Annex: annexed on 13/3/2018 in accordance with the article 13 of Law 7102) 16. The number of votes received by each political party in the alliance after their share from the alliance added


15. The names and surnames of the persons who were voted for, in alphabetical order, in the elections for the headmen and the respective votes they have received
16. Any other information that may be required by the Supreme Board of Elections


If more than one protocol has been used in the combining process, each protocol shall be given a number.


In elections where joint ballots are used, prior to the signing of the district combining protocol, a breakdown sheet showing all the information in the polling station protocols that were combined shall be copied and handed over to each of the political party members in the electoral boards, the number of votes received by the political parties and independent candidates as written in the polling station protocols that are combined in that combining protocol shall be read out loud by one of the civil servant members assigned by the chairman in the district electoral board in the order that they appear in the combining protocol, thereby auditing whether there are any mistakes in the number of votes written in the district combining protocol. If there are sufficient facilities in the district electoral board, the auditing procedure can be broadcasted in such a way to ensure that those present can watch.


The chairman shall assign another member of the board to note down the mistakes identified during the audit in the audit protocol. The audit protocol shall include a sheet suitable for writing down name of the district electoral board, the type of the election being audited and the electoral district, and the number of the polling station identified to have entered inaccurate information. During the audit, all polling station committee result protocols that have been inaccurately reflected in the district combining protocol shall be separated. The protocol arranged during the auditing procedure shall be signed by the chairman and members. Once the auditing procedure is completed, if any mistakes are identified, the necessary corrections shall be made in accordance with the separated polling station protocols and the district combining protocol shall be signed by the chairman and members and the results declared to those who are present.


An approved copy of the summary protocol to be prepared according to the information in the district combining protocol shall be displayed for one week at the district electoral board in a place where everyone can examine.


The summary protocols prepared by the district electoral boards shall bear the following information in writing and in numbers


1. The name of the province,
2. Name of the district electoral board and its number, if applicable,
3. The election type and electoral district,
4. The total number of polling station committees set up in the electoral district
5. The total number of voters listed in the polling station voter registry,
6. The total number of voters who have cast votes
7. The total number of ballots deemed valid without objection,
8. The total number of ballots deemed valid and taken into account upon objection
9. The total number of valid ballots,
10. The total number of ballots deemed void and not taken into account,
11. The names of the political parties in the order they appear on the joint ballot and the number of votes cast for each political party
12. The names and surnames of the independent candidates in the order they appear on the joint ballot and the number of votes cast for each independent candidate
13. Any other information that may be required by the Supreme Board of Elections,


A signed and sealed copy of the district electoral board combined summary protocol shall be handed over to the political party members of the board by the chairman of the district electoral board in return for their signatures. In addition, upon a written request to be made during the display period, copies of these summaries shall also be given only once to the district headquarters of political parties and independent candidates running in that electoral district in return for their signatures.


In districts where there is more than one district electoral board, each district electoral board shall deliver to the first district electoral board one approved copy of each of the summary audit and combination protocols that it shall arrange after having combined the polling station result protocols from the polling station committees under that specific board, in line with the above-mentioned procedures. The first district electoral board shall conduct the combining procedures by means of writing down the results on these protocols in the special protocol it shall arrange by listing the total numbers under the column headers or by arranging a separate protocol. The foregoing paragraph shall also apply in the case of the display and delivery of the combined district summary protocol arranged by the first district electoral board to the political parties and candidates.


In the parliamentary and metropolitan municipality elections, approved copies of the combined district results protocol and its summary shall be delivered by the chairman of the district electoral board and at least two members to the provincial electoral board as soon as possible.
Principal and provisional chairmen of the district electoral boards shall be entitled to the authorities of the chairman of the polling station committees in the polling station base where the counting, listing and combining procedures are taking place.


The Supreme Board of Elections shall determine the procedures and principles pertaining to the arrangement of the protocols and summary protocols described in this article as well as the delivery of the election results to a higher electoral board.


(1) The former heading of this article ‘ Combination of the Election Results in the District Electoral Board’ was amended by Article 24 of Law 5980 on 8 April 2010 to read as seen in the current text.