Procedure for establishing voting results

The polling board shall establish the number of voters who turned out by counting voter signatures in the excerpt from the electoral roll and notes on voters who voted outside the polling station entered in the excerpt from the electoral roll.

After establishing the number of voters registered in the excerpt from the electoral roll and the number of voters who turned out, the polling board shall count the unused ballot papers, and then establish whether the ballot box was sealed and compliant throughout the voting, open the ballot box and check if it contains a completed and signed control list.

The polling board shall sort out all ballot papers found in the ballot box into valid and invalid ones, and then establishe the number of invalid ballot papers.

The polling board shall then sort out valid ballot papers per electoral lists, and establish the number of votes won by each electoral list.