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Article 170
 

Failure or Invalidation of Elections in Single- Mandate Constituencies


170.1. The Constituency Election Commission shall consider elections in a single-mandate constituency to have failed, if an equal number of votes are cast for the registered candidates.


170.2. The Constituency Election Commission or the Central Election Commission shall consider the elections in the singlemandate constituency to be invalid, in the following circumstances:


170.2.1. if violations occurred in the election constituency during the conduct of voting or during the determination of the election results, that make it impossible to determine the voters’ will.


170.2.2. if the number of election precincts, during the elections in a single-mandate constituency, where voting results are considered invalid or where they are cancelled is more than two fifths of all the precincts in the same election constituency, provided that the number of registered voters in the election precincts exceeds ¼ of all voters registered in the constituency;


170.2.3. on the basis of a court decision.


170.3. If voting in a single mandate election constituency is considered invalid due to the miscount of ballot papers, the Central Election Commission shall make a decision on recount of votes. In such a case, the recount shall be provided by the relevant constituency election commission in a manner determined by the Central Election Commission.