Procedure for summing up the results of voting by territorial election commissions.

1. The first copies of protocols on the results of voting in precinct election commissions jointly with the electoral documentation specified in paragraph 19 of Article 35 of the present Law, immediately after their signing by the members of the precinct election commission, shall be handed over under the act to the territorial election commission, which shall summarize the results of voting on the relevant territory.

2. Summing up the results of voting on the relevant territory shall be carried out by the territorial election commission on the basis of protocols received directly from the precinct election commissions by summing the data contained therein. Acceptance of protocols and summing up the results of voting by the corresponding territorial election commission shall be carried out in accordance with the procedure and within the time period established by the Central Election Commission.

After preliminary verification of the accuracy of the protocols on the results of voting in the precinct election commissions, the territorial election commission by summing up the data of all precinct election commissions shall summarize the results of voting on the relevant territory. Based on the voting results, the territorial election commission shall make a summary table and a protocol, which contains data on the number of precinct election commissions, the number of received protocols, on the basis of which a protocol on the results of voting shall be made, as well as summary data of protocols of precinct election commissions.

Before signing a protocol on the results of voting on the respective territory, a territorial election commission shall mandatorily hold a final session which reviews applications (complaints) received by the commission related to the process of voting, vote counting and preparation of protocols of precinct election commissions. The election commission shall make decisions on each application (complaint), then the members of the election commission and applicants who agree with decisions made by the election commission on received applications (complaints) sign minutes of the final session of an election commission. When signing the minutes of the final session of the territorial election commission, the members of the election commission that disagree with the content of the minutes shall have the right to attach a dissenting opinion to it, about which the appropriate note is made in the minutes. After that, the election commission shall sign the protocol on the results of voting on the respective territory.

3. The protocol on the results of the voting shall be prepared in two copies and signed by all present members of the territorial election commission. A summary table on the results of voting on the respective territory, the dissenting opinions of the members of the election commission, as well as received applications (complaints) and decisions made on them shall be attached to the protocols.

4. The first copy of the electoral commission protocol shall be sent to the Central Election Commission immediately after signature together with the first copy of the summary table.

5. The second copy of the protocol, together with all electoral documentation, shall be kept by the secretary of the territorial commission in a secure location until it is handed over to the archives. 6. The enlarged form of the protocol on the election results shall be posted for public observation in the place determined by the territorial electoral commission and shall be kept until the end of the work of the election commission.

7. In the event of mistakes or inconsistencies in the protocols and / or summary tables on the results of voting or in the event that there are doubts in the correctness of drawing up the protocols, received from the territorial election commissions, the Central Election Commission shall have the right to make a decision on the recounting of votes by the election commission. The recount shall be conducted with the mandatory presence of a member (members) of the Central Election Commission. Representatives of candidates, political parties and observers shall have the right to be present during the recounting of votes. Based on the results of the recounting of votes the election commission shall draw up a protocol on the voting results, which shall have a note “Recount of votes”. The protocol shall be immediately sent to the Central Election Commission.

8. Each person present during the counting of votes shall mandatorily receive a copy of the protocol certified by a seal by the secretary of the territorial election commission immediately after signing the protocol on the voting results.

(In the version of constitutional Laws of the Kyrgyz Republic No 96 dated June 5, 2017; No 116 dated August 8, 2019)