Tabulation of Voting Results in the Out-of-Country Election District

1. The Central Election Commission shall, at its meeting, consider and announce protocols of the precinct election commissions on the vote counting at the out-of-country election precincts, received by the Commission, or messages about the contents of the respective protocols of vote counting, transmitted via technical means of communication in accordance with the Part three of Article 178 of this Code. The aforementioned data shall be immediately made public by the Central Election Commission on its official website.


2. The Central Election Commission shall, after the receipt and consideration of the protocols of the precinct election commissions on the vote counting at the out-of-country election precincts, at the same meeting, based on the aforementioned protocols and the notifications about the contents thereof, which have been transmitted using the technical means of communication, establish the following information:

1) the number of ballot papers for voting in an out-of-country district received by the Central Election Commission;

2) the number of unused ballot papers for voting in an out-of-country district invalidated by the Central Election Commission;

3) the number of ballot papers for voting in an out-of-country district received by precinct election commissions of an out-of-country district;

4) the number of unused ballot papers for voting in an out-of-country district invalidated by precinct election commissions of an out-of-country district;

5) the number of voters included in voter lists at election precincts of a an out-of-country district; 6) the number of voters who received ballot papers within an out-of-country district;

7) the number of ballot papers for voting in an out-of-country district, which are not subject to counting, discovered at a precinct of an out-of-country district;

8) the number of voters who participated in the voting within the out-of-country district;

9) the number of ballot papers for voting in an out-of-country districts which were declared invalid;

10) the total number of votes by voters who supported the nationwide electoral lists of all parties within the out of country-district;

11) the number of votes by voters who supported the nationwide electoral lists of each party within the out of country-district;

3. The information on the voting results within the out-of-country election district shall be announced at the meeting of the Central Election Commission and entered in numbers in the protocols of the Central Election Commission on the voting results within the out-of-country election district.


4. The protocol specified in Part three of this Article shall be drawn up in accordance with the procedure specified by Article 180 of this Code.


5. The protocol specified in Part three of this Article shall be drawn up in two copies. The protocol shall be signed by the Chair, Deputy Chairs, Secretary and other members of the Central Election Commission present at the meeting of the commission, and affixed by the seal of the Central Election Commission. The protocol shall specify the date and time (hours and minutes) of its signing by the members of the Central Election Commission. If a member of the commission disagrees with the vote counting results entered in a protocol of the Central Election Commission, that member of Central Election Commission shall sign the protocol with a note “With dissenting opinion”. A written dissenting opinion shall be attached to the protocol on vote counting. Failure or refusal of some members of the Central Election Commission to sign a vote counting protocol shall entail no legal consequences for the validity of the protocol. In the case of absence of the signature of the member of the Central Election Commission in a protocol, the reasons for the absence of the signature shall be indicated next to his or her last name. MP candidates, party’s representatives to the Central Election Commission that were present during the establishing the voting results within the out-of-country election district shall be entitled to sign the first copy of the protocol. The contents of the protocol shall be immediately made public using the official website of the Central Election Commission. 6.Upon his or her request, a party’s representative to the Central Election Commission shall immediately receive a copy of the protocol (including the one marked “Corrected”) of the Central Election Commission on the voting results within the out-of-country election district. The said copies shall be certified at each page by signatures of the Chair and the Secretary of the Central Election Commission and affixed with the seal of the Central Election Commission.


6. The Central Election Commission shall be obliged to establish the results of voting within the out-of-country election district regardless of the number of out-of-country election precincts at which the voting was declared invalid or such that was not organized and conducted in accordance with the requirements of this Code.


7. The voting in the out-of-country election district may not be declared invalid.