(1) After the opening of the ballot boxes and the vote counting, the president of the electoral bureau of the polling station shall draw up a statement of poll in 3 copies including:

a) the total number of voters entered on the copy of the permanent electoral roll existing at the polling station [point a) >/= point b1];

b) the total number of voters that have come to the poll [point b) = point b1 + point b2 + point b3], of which:

b1 – the total number of voters entered on the copy of the permanent electoral roll that have come to the poll;

b2 – the total number of voters that have come to the poll and are not entered on the copy of the permanent electoral roll, registered in the additional electoral roll;

b3 – the total number of voters who voted using the special ballot box, registered in the excerpt from the electoral rolls;

c) the total number of validly cast votes [point c) point b) - point d)], [point c) = the sum of validly cast votes in point g)];

d) the number of null votes;

e) the number of ballot papers received [point e) >/= point c) + point d) + point f)];

f) the number of unused and annulled ballot papers;

g) the number of validly cast votes obtained by each candidate;

h) the short report on the objections made and the manner to solve them, as well as on the petitions submitted to the county electoral bureau, to the electoral bureau of the district of Bucharest Municipality or to the electoral bureau for the polling stations abroad, as applicable;

i) the number of the stamps marked “VOTAT” at the beginning of voting; there shall be mentioned the disappearance of one or several stamps, if applicable, as well as the state of the seals on the ballot boxes at the closing of voting;

j) other situations; there shall be mentioned if the number of the ballot papers found in the ballot box is different from the number of voters that have voted, after the counting of signatures on the permanent rolls and on the tables set out in Article 9; there shall be mentioned if the number of the ballot papers found in the ballot box added up with that of the unused and annulled ballot papers is different from the total number of the ballot papers received, as well as any other incidents.

(2) The statement of poll shall be signed up by the president of the electoral bureau of the polling station and the other members thereof, and shall bear the control stamp of the electoral bureau. The absence of the signatures of some of the members of the electoral bureau of the polling station shall not affect the validity of the statement of poll. The president shall specify the reasons which prevented the signing.

(3) A copy of the statement of poll shall be displayed in a visible place at the premises of the electoral bureau of the polling station.

(4) The members of the electoral bureaux of the polling stations shall be issued, upon request, a copy of the statement of poll, certified by all those who signed the original.

(5) Two copies of the statement of poll provided in paragraph (1), all the petitions regarding the electoral operations of the electoral bureau of the polling station, the null and contested ballot papers shall constitute a sealed and stamped file which must be accompanied by the control stamp. The electoral rolls used by the polling station shall constitute a separate file. Within 24 hours at the latest of the closing of voting, both files shall be submitted to the county electoral bureau or, as the case may be, to the electoral bureau of the Bucharest municipality district by the president of the electoral bureau of the polling station, under the guard of the personnel employed in the structures of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, accompanied, upon request, by other members of the respective electoral bureau.

(6) The statements of poll drawn up by the electoral bureaux of the polling stations abroad, together with all the objections and petitions with reference to the electoral operations of the electoral bureau of the polling station shall be transmitted electronically to the electoral bureau for the polling stations abroad by the diplomatic missions, within 24 hours of the receipt thereof. The accuracy of the data in these statements of poll shall be confirmed by telephone by the president or deputy of the electoral bureau for the polling stations abroad, who countersigns and stamps the received documents. The countersigned statements of poll shall be used in centralizing the voting results.

(7) In case there shall be found inconsistencies between the data contained in the statement of poll received from an electoral bureau of a polling station, the county electoral bureau or that of the district of Bucharest Municipality must ask the president of the respective electoral bureau to make the necessary corrections. These shall be deemed valid only if they have been certified by signature and by affixing the control stamp of the polling station.

(8) In case there shall be found inconsistencies between the data contained in the statements of poll received from the polling stations abroad, the electoral bureau for the polling stations abroad must ask the president of the electoral bureau of the polling station to make the necessary corrections. These shall be deemed valid only if they have been certified by signature and by affixing the control stamp of the polling station. The provisions of paragraph (6) shall apply accordingly.

(9) Within 24 hours of the receipt of the file referred to in paragraph (5), the county electoral bureau or, as applicable, the electoral bureau of the district of Bucharest Municipality shall send a copy of each statement of poll drawn up by the electoral bureaux of the polling stations to the court of law within the jurisdiction of which their activity is based; the electoral bureau for the polling stations abroad shall transmit one copy, countersigned and stamped, of each statement of poll drawn up by the electoral bureaux of the polling stations abroad to the Bucharest Court of Law.

(10) The candidates may obtain copies of the statements of poll referred to in paragraph (9).