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Article 73
 

Establishing the Results of Voting in a Multi-Mandate Constituency Within a Single-Mandate Constituency

 

1. After adopting and considering the protocols of polling station commissions on the tabulation of votes at polling stations in relevant election districts, among them the protocols with the mark “Corrected”, the election commission shall use the protocols of polling station commissions on the tabulation of votes at polling stations in a multi-mandate all-state election district and the information bulletins about the content of protocols send by such polling station commissions with the help of technical means of communication from the polling stations set up on board vessels that carried the State Flag of Ukraine on the election day, at the Ukrainian polar stations, or with diplomatic and other official missions and consular posts of Ukraine, the military units quartered outside Ukraine, and, in the case of repeat tabulation of votes, at a relevant polling station in a multi-mandate all-state constituency, to establish the following:

1) the number of ballots for voting in a multi-mandate constituency received by the polling station commission of a single-mandate constituency;

2) the number of voters entered in the single-mandate constituency polling stations’ voter lists;

3) the number of unused ballots for voting in a multi-mandate constituency;

4) the number of voters who received ballots for voting in a multi-mandate constituency;

5) the number of voters who took part in the voting in the multi-mandate constituency within the framework of a single-mandate constituency;

6) the number of voided ballots for voting in a multi-mandate constituency;

7) the number of votes given in the multi-mandate constituency for the candidate deputies from each party (bloc); and

8) the number of voters in the multi-mandate constituency that did not support the deputy candidates from any party (bloc).

 

2. The information about the results of voting in a multi-mandate constituency within the framework of a single-mandate constituency shall be entered in the relevant protocol of the district election commission.

 

3. The protocol on the results of voting in a multi-mandate all-state election district within the framework of a single-mandate election district shall be drawn up by the election commission in a number of copies that is greater by three than the number of persons comprising the district election commission. The copies of the protocol shall be numbered, each having the same legal force.

 

4. It shall be prohibited to fill out a protocol of the tabulation of votes in a multi-mandate constituency in pencil and to make any kind of corrections therein without a relevant decision of the commission.     

 

 5. The protocol on the results of voting in a multi-mandate all-state constituency within the framework of a single-mandate constituency shall be signed by the chairperson, his/her deputy, the secretary and other members of the district election commission that are present, and endorsed by the seal of the district election commission. The protocol shall indicate the date and time (hour, minutes) of its signing by the members of the district election committee. Should the signature of a member of the district election committee be missing, the reason for its absence shall be indicated against his/her surname in the protocol. Present authorized representatives of the party (bloc), candidate deputies, or their authorized persons, official observers from parties (blocs), and candidate deputies registered in the single-mandate constituency shall also have the right to sign this act. Should the district election commission find any inaccuracies (such as a slip of the pen or a mistake in numbers) after the signing of the said protocol, it shall consider the question of amending the protocol at its meeting by drawing up a new protocol with the mark “Corrected”.

 

6. The first copy of the protocol of the district election commission on the results of voting in a multi-mandate all-state constituency within the framework of single-mandate constituency, and, should any changes be made in the protocol, the protocol in which inaccuracies (a slip of the pen or errors in numbers) were found, together with relevant protocols and acts of polling station commissions; the decisions made on the basis thereof and, if available, protocols of the district election commission on the repeat tabulation of votes at the relevant polling station in a multi-mandate all-state election constituency within the framework of a single-mandate constituency; the separate opinions of the members of the district election commission, petitions and complaints about the violation by the district election commission of the procedure of establishing the results of voting in the multi-mandate constituency within the framework of a single-mandate constituency; and the decisions made by the district election commission based on the results of their analysis – shall be sent by the district election commission to the Central Election Commission without delay. The second copy of the protocol shall be kept with the district election commission, and the third copy shall immediately be put out for general information in the premises of the district election commission. The rest shall be given to the members of the district election commission, one copy to each member.

 

7. At their request, authorized representatives of parties (blocs) shall immediately be issued with a copy of the protocol of the district election commission on the results of voting in the multi-mandate all-state election constituency and, if available, the protocol of the repeat tabulation of votes at the relevant all-state election constituency within the single-mandate election constituency, a copy for each party (bloc).