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Article 93
 

Establishing Voting Results in Constituencies

 

1.    A district election commission after receiving  and reviewing protocols from polling station commissions on voting results on polling stations, including protocol marked “amended,” on the basis of protocol of polling station commissions on voting results and information about content of such protocol of polling station commissions transmitted by technical means of communication from special polling stations created on vessels navigating under the state flag of Ukraine on Election Day, on a Polar station of Ukraine, and in case of re-counting of votes – also the protocol of a district election commission on re-counting of votes at the respective polling station, shall establish:

 

1)        number of ballot papers received by a district election commission;

 

2)        number of ballot papers cancelled by a district election commission;

 

3)        number of ballot papers received by polling station commissions in a territorial election district;

 

4)        number of ballot papers produced by polling station commissions of a territorial election district;

 

5)        number of unused ballot papers cancelled by polling station commissions of a territorial election district;

 

6)        number of spoiled ballot papers on polling station commissions of a territorial election district;

 

7)        total number of voters on voter lists at polling station commissions of a territorial election district;

 

8)        number of voters on the excerpt from voter lists  at polling station commissions of a territorial election district;

 

9)        number of voters put in the list for absentee voting in a territorial election district;

 

10)    number of voters who received ballot papers in premises for voting;

 

11)    number of voters who received ballot papers outside premises for voting);

 

12)    number of voters who received ballot papers upon presenting absentee ballot papers;

 

13)    number of voters who received ballot papers in a territorial election district;

 

14)    number of voters who voted in premises for voting;

 

15)    number of voters who voted outside premises for voting;

 

16)    number of ballot papers that can not be counted in polling station commissions of a territorial election district;

 

17)    total number of voters who took part in voting in a territorial election district;

 

18)    number of ballot papers recognized invalid;

 

19)    number of votes cast for candidates for deputies from each party (bloc);

 

20)    number of voters who did not support candidates from any political party (bloc);

 

21)    number of blanks of absentee ballot papers  received by polling station commissions of a territorial election district;

 

22)    number of voters who received absentee ballot papers in a territorial election district;

 

23)    number of unused blanks of absentee ballot papers cancelled by a district election commission;

 

24)    number of unused blanks of absentee ballot papers cancelled by polling station commissions;

 

25)    total number of unused blanks of absentee ballot papers in a territorial election district.

 

2.    Information on voting results in a territorial election district shall be recorded by figures and words in the protocol of district election commission on voting results in a territorial election district. The information mentioned under clauses 3-21 of paragraph 1 of Article 93 of this Law shall be recorded by figures on each polling station commission in a territorial election district; and their sum for a territorial election district – in figures and words.

 

3.     The number of copies of protocol of a district election commission on voting results in the territorial election district shall exceed the number of members of the district election commission by three. The copies of the protocol shall be numbered and have equal legal force.

 

4.    The protocol on voting results in a territorial election district must not be put down in pencil, signed and stamped by district election commission before being filled in completely.

 

5.    Protocols on voting results in a territorial election district shall be signed by a commission head, deputy head, secretary and other district election commission members who were present at the meeting of the election commission, and stamped with the stamp of the district election commission. Time (hours and minutes) of its signing by the members of the district election commission shall be indicated in the protocol.  Every member of the district election commission present at the meeting must sign the protocol on voting results. If a commission member does not agree with the voting results tabulated by the commission and recorded in the protocol, he/she should sign the protocol with comment “With dissenting opinion.” The dissenting opinion stated in writing shall be appended to the protocol on voting results. If there is no signature of a commission member, the reason of the absence of his/her signature shall be indicated next to his/her name. Candidates for deputies, authorized representatives of parties (blocs), and official observers who were present during the tabulation of voting results in the territorial election district have the right to sign the first copy of the protocol.

 

6.    If a district election commission after signing the protocol and before sending it to the Central Election Commission finds inaccuracies (slip of pen or a mistake in figures), it shall consider introducing amendments to the voting results in the territorial election district at the same meeting by preparing a new protocol with the mark “amended.” The protocol marked “amended” shall be drawn up and signed according to the procedure and have the number of copies stipulated by this Article. It is prohibited to draw up the “amended” protocol by a district election commission at another meeting without an order of the Central Election Commission.

 

7.    The first copy of a protocol of district election commission on voting results in the territorial election district, and if present, the first copy of the protocol marked “amended,” are packed together with the special system of protection in the order stipulated by Part 10 of Article 86 of this Law.  The packaged is marked by “Protocol of voting results” mark.

 

8.    The first copy of a protocol of district election commission on voting results in the territorial election district, and if any amendments were made to this protocol, also the protocol which had mistakes (slips of pen or mistakes in figures), and the protocol marked “amended” together with respective protocol and acts of polling station commissions, decision passed on the basis of these acts and, if present, protocols of a polling station commission on re-counting of votes at the respective polling station, dissenting opinions of district election commission members put in writing, requests and complaints on violations of the procedure of tabulation of voting results in a territorial election district by a district election commission, and decisions made by district election commission upon consideration of violations shall be transported by a district election commission to the Central Election Commission; the second copy of the protocol shall be preserved by a district election commission; the third copy shall be immediately posted in a polling station commission for public information; the rest of the copies shall be given to a polling station  election commission members one copy per each.

 

9.    Transportation of the election documents stipulated by paragraph 7 of this Article shall be done by a head of a district election commission or his deputies and two members of this election commission representing different parties (blocs) that received the majority of votes in the territorial election district. If a head or a deputy head of district election commission who must transport the mentioned documents represents one of two parties (blocs), which received the majority of votes in the territorial election district, or representative of such party (bloc) can not take part in the transportation of election documentation to the Central Election Commission due to the serious reasons, representative of the party (bloc), which received the next consecutive number of votes, takes part in the transportation.      .

 

10.  Upon their request, candidate for deputy, authorized representative of a party (bloc) and an official observer shall be provided immediately with a copy of protocol (including the one marked “amended”) of a district election commission on voting results in the territorial election district and, if present, a copy of protocol on votes re-counting in the respective polling station – one copy per each party (bloc). Each page of the mentioned copies should be authorized by a commission head, secretary of a district election commission and stamped by the election commission stamp.