Establishing the Results of Elections of Village, Settlement and City Council (of a Territorial Community with up to 10,000 Voters) and Elections of Village, Settlement and City Mayor
- The territorial election commission shall establish the results of the voting in the respective local elections on the day of voting (the day of repeat voting) in the following order:
1) the village, settlement or city (of a city without rayon division) election commission – based on the protocols of precinct election commissions on the counting of votes at election precincts for the respective local elections establishes:
a) the results of the voting in elections of the village, settlement and city council – in multimember districts;
b) the results of the voting in the elections of village, settlement and city mayor – in the unified single-member district;
2) the rayon in city election commission (in cities where rayon in city councils are formed) – shall establish the voting results of the elections of rayon in city councils based on the protocols of precinct election commissions on the counting of votes at election precincts;
3) the rayon election commission – shall establish the voting results on the elections of the rayon council in the respective multi-member districts based of the protocols of village, settlement and city election commissions on the results of the voting;
4) the city election commission in a city with rayon division – based on the protocols of the rayon in city election commissions on the voting results, shall establish: a)the results of the voting in the elections of the city council;
b) the results of the voting for the city mayor.
The protocols of precinct election commissions on the counting of votes at the election precinct and of territorial election commissions on the results of the voting shall be adopted by the territorial election commission that establishes the results of the respective local elections in accordance with Article 254 of this Code.
- The respective territorial election commission based on the protocols specified in part one of this article (including protocols marked "Corrected"), and in case of a recount of votes – based on protocols of the respective territorial election commission on recounting votes at the election precinct, shall no later than on the twelfth day from the day of voting (and in case of repeat voting – no later than on the fifth day from the day of repeat voting) establish the results of the voting in the respective local elections of village, settlement or city mayor or council members in multi-member election districts on election day (day of repeat voting) and draws up the protocol on this.
The following information shall in figures be entered in the protocol on the results of the voting in the respective multi-member or unified single-member district for the respective local elections:
1) the number of ballot papers produced upon order of the election commission;
2) the number of ballot papers received by precinct election commissions;
3) the number of the unused ballot papers invalidated by precinct election commissions;
4) the number of voters included in the voter lists for election precincts;
5) the number of voters who received ballot papers;
6) the number of ballot papers at the election precincts that were not subject to counting;
7) the number of voters who took part in the voting;
8) the number of ballot papers declared invalid;
9) the number of votes cast for each candidate;
10) the surname, first name (all first names) and patronymic (if any) of the candidate for the local council or candidate for the position of village, settlement or city mayor who received the largest number of votes, as well as the percentage of votes cast for him, in relation to the number of voters who took part in the voting in the respective district.
- The protocol of the territorial election commission on the results of the voting in the elections of local council members in a multi-member district or a village, settlement or city mayor shall be drawn up in two copies. The minutes shall be signed by the chair, deputy chair, secretary, and other members of the election commission present at its meeting and certified by the seal of the commission. The protocol shall indicate the date and time (hour and minutes) of its signing by the members of the election commission. The protocol of a territorial election commission on the voting results may be prepared by technical means.
- A member of the territorial election commission present at the meeting is obliged to sign the protocol on the results of the voting in the elections of local council members in the multi-member district or the village, settlement or city mayor. In case of disagreement with the established voting results recorded in the protocol of the territorial election commission, a member of the territorial election commission shall sign the protocol marked "With a dissenting opinion." A written statement of a dissenting opinion shall be attached to the protocol on the results of the voting in the respective local elections. If the protocol does not contain the signature of a member of the territorial election commission, the reason for the absence of the signature shall be indicated opposite his or her surname. Failure to sign the protocol by individual members of the election commission shall not entail legal consequences for the validity of the protocol.
- The first copy of the protocol may be signed by candidates, their agents, representatives or authorized persons of party organizations and official observers who were present during the establishment of the results of the voting in the elections of council members in a multi-member district or a village, settlement or city mayor.
- The second copy of the protocol shall be immediately posted for public review on the premises of the territorial election commission.
- A member of the respective territorial election commission, a candidate, his agent or a representative or authorized person of the party organization or an official observer who was present at the meeting during the drawing up of the protocol shall at their request immediately receive protocols (including those marked "Corrected") in the amount of one copy of the protocol for a member of the commission, a candidate and each party organization, and one copy of the protocol for an official observer (a group of observers) from each public organization, foreign state or international organization. These copies shall be signed on each page by the chair and secretary of the territorial election commission and affixed with the election commission’s seal. Copies of the protocol of a territorial election commission on the results of voting may be made by technical means.
- If inaccuracies are found in the protocols after it has been signed, the territorial election commission at its meeting shall consider the issue of making changes to the protocol by drawing up a new protocol, which shall be marked "Corrected." The protocol marked "Corrected" is drawn up and signed in the manner and in the number of copies established by this article.
