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Article 87
 

Recount of the votes   At 9 a.m. on the Monday following polling day, a recount of the polling day votes of both the votes counted by the election committees and, as laid down in section 82 (4), the votes counted by the central election committees of the municipalities must be commenced. In the recount of the votes it must be decided which votes for a candidate are regarded as valid and which votes are discarded as invalid.   The valid votes for each candidate given in both the advance voting and on polling day are counted.