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Article 96
 

Tabulation of Voting Results of Elections of Deputies

 

1.    At its meeting, the Central Election Commission, on the basis of protocols of district election commissions on voting results in respective constituencies, including protocols marked “Amended,” and the protocol of the Central Election Commission on voting results in a foreign election district shall tabulate the results of elections of deputies no later than on the fifteenth day from Election Day and draw up the respective protocol. The protocol on the voting results of the elections of deputies should contain the following information in figures and words:

 

1)      number of ballot papers produced on the order of the Central Election Commission;

 

2)      number of unused ballot papers cancelled by the Central Election Commission;

 

3)      number of ballot papers received by district election commissions;

 

4)      number of unused ballot papers cancelled by district election commissions;

 

5)       number of ballot papers received by polling station commissions;

 

6)      number of ballot papers produced by polling station commissions;

 

7)      number of unused ballot papers cancelled by polling station commissions;

 

8)      total number of unused ballot papers;

 

9)      total number of spoiled ballot papers;

 

10)  number of voters on voters lists at polling stations;

 

11)  number of voters on excerpt from the voters list at polling stations;

 

12)  number of voters, included to voters lists for voting based on absentee voting certificates;

 

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

 

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

 

15)  number of voters who received ballot papers on the basis of absentee voting certificates;

 

16)  total amount of voters who received ballot papers;

 

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

 

18)  number of voters who took part in voting outside the premises for voting;

 

19)  number of ballot papers that can not be counted at the polling station;

 

20)  total number of voters who took part in voting;

 

21)   number of ballot papers recognized as invalid;

 

22)  the percentage of ballot papers that were recognized as invalid to the number of voters who took part in the voting;

 

23)  number of votes cast for candidates for deputies, included to each party (bloc) lists;

 

24)   the percentage of votes cast for candidates for deputies, included to each party (bloc) list to the number of voters who took part in the voting;

 

25)  number of voters who did not support candidate for deputies, included to any party (bloc) lists on election lists of political parties (blocs);

 

26)  the percentage of votes of those who did not support candidates for deputies, included to  any party (bloc) from any party (bloc) to the number voters who took part in the voting.

 

2.    The information on voting results shall be recorded to the protocol of the Central Election Commission on the voting results in figures and words. The information stipulated by sub-paragraphs 3-26 of paragraph 1 of this Article shall be recorded in figures for each election district (including the foreign election district), and also in figures and words for the sum for the all-national constituency.

 

3.    Those candidates for deputies included to party (bloc) lists, which received three and more percent of votes who took part in the voting in the all-national constituency, receive the right to take part in the distribution of deputies` mandates.

 

4.    Those candidates for deputies included to party (bloc) lists, which received less than three percent of votes who took part in the voting, shall not be entitled to take part in the distribution of deputies` mandates.

 

5.    The deputies’ mandates shall be distributed among party (bloc) lists proportionally to the number of votes cast for the candidates for deputies, included to party (bloc) lists, as stipulated by paragraph 3 of this Article, in the consecutive order stipulated by paragraphs 6-8 of this Article.

 

6.    The Central Election Commission, basing on information stipulated by subparagraph 23 of paragraph 1 of this Article, shall tabulate the total number of votes cast for candidates for deputies, included to party (bloc) lists, which received three and more percent of votes.

 

7.    The number of votes necessary to receive one deputy mandate (hereafter – election quota) shall be calculated by dividing the total number of votes, tabulated in paragraph 6 of this Article by the number of deputies` mandates that equals to quantitative composition of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, as stipulated by the Constitution of Ukraine (254r/96-VR) (hereafter – total number of deputies` mandates).

 

8.    The number of votes cast for candidates for deputies, included to party (bloc) lists shall be divided by election quota. The integral part of the received figure shall be the number of parliamentary mandates that candidates for deputies of this party (bloc) received. The fractions shall be counted for the distribution of the rest of the parliamentary mandates under the procedure stipulated by paragraph 9 of this Article.

 

9.    Parties (blocs), which party (blocs) lists have the highest fraction after the division under the procedure stipulated by paragraph 8 of this Article, receive an additional parliamentary mandate, in the consecutive order starting with the party (bloc) that has the highest fraction. If two or more parties (blocs) have equal fractions, an additional parliamentary mandate is allocated to the party (bloc), which candidates for deputies received more votes. The distribution of additional deputies` mandates ends after the total number of parliamentary mandates is exhausted.

 

10.  The result of elections of deputies is determination of persons in the consecutive order in party (blocs) lists, elected deputies from parties (blocs), accordingly to the number of deputies` mandates, received by party (blocs) lists.   

 

11.  After establishing the number of deputies` mandates received by parties (blocs) – subjects of the election process – and tabulation of persons who were elected deputies under the procedure stipulated by paragraph 10 of this Article,  the Central Election Commission shall state in the protocol on the voting results:

 

1)      total number of votes cast for the candidates for deputies, included to party (bloc) lists that received  three and more percent of votes;

 

2)      election quota;

 

3)      the number of deputies` mandates received by each party (bloc) – subjects of the election process;

 

4)      surnames, first names, patronymics, year of birth, profession, position (occupation), place of work, place of residence, and party affiliation of elected deputies.

 

12.  The protocol on the voting results of election of peoples` deputies of Ukraine shall be drawn up in two copies. The protocol is signed by the head, deputy heads, a secretary, and other members of the Central Election Commission present at the meeting, of the Central Election Commission and stamped by the stamp of the Central Election Commission. The protocol shall contain date and time (hours and minutes) of its signing by the members of the Central Election Commission. A member of the Central Election Commission present at its meeting is obliged to sign the protocol on the voting results of elections of deputies. If a member of the Central Election Commission does not agree with tabulated voting results, recorded in the protocol of the Central Election Commission, the member of the Central Election Commission sign the protocol with comment “With dissenting opinion.” The dissenting opinion in written form is added to the protocol on the voting results of deputies. If the signature of a member of the Central Election Commission is absent from the protocol, the reason of the member of the Central Election Commission absence at its meeting shall be written next to his/her name. Candidates for deputies, representatives of parties (blocs) in the Central Election Commission, authorized representatives of parties (blocs) in the all-national constituency who were present at the tabulation of voting results of elections of people's deputies shall have the right to sign the first copy of the protocol. The content of the protocol should be published on the official web site of the Central Election Commission immediately.