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Article 51
 

(1) The Central Electoral Bureau shall settle the petitions received from the county electoral bureaux, the electoral bureaux of the districts of Bucharest Municipality, and the electoral bureau for the polling stations abroad, and then shall conclude a statement of poll including:


a) the total number of voters entered on the permanent electoral rolls [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 that have come to the poll, entered on the permanent electoral rolls;


b2 - the total number of voters that have voted in another polling station than the one they have been assigned to according to domicile, entered on the additional electoral roll;


b3 - the total number of voters that have voted by using the special ballot box, entered on the excerpt from the electoral rolls;


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


d) the total number of null votes;


e) the number of ballot papers received [point e) point d) + point f)];


f) the number of unused and annulled ballot papers;


g) the number of votes needed to be elected President of Romania according to Article 2 (1) b) [point a)/2 + 1];


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


i) the surname and first name of the candidate who has fulfilled the conditions of Article 81 of the Constitution of Romania, republished;


j) the surnames and first names of the candidates who shall participate in the runoff, if applicable.


(2) The provisions of Article 49 (2)-(4) shall apply accordingly.


(3) The minutes for each round, together with the statements of poll for the recording and centralization of voting results drawn up by the county electoral bureaux, the electoral bureaux of the districts of Bucharest Municipality, the electoral bureau for the polling stations abroad, and the electoral bureaux of the polling stations, received according to Article  50 (3), shall be submitted under the guard of the personnel employed in the structures of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to the Constitutional Court within 24 hours of the registration of the last file.


(4) In the runoff, the provisions of paragraph (1) shall apply accordingly, while in the statement of poll there shall be written down the surname and first name of the candidate whose election has been recorded, in accordance with the provisions of Article 81 (3) of the Constitution of Romania, republished.


(5) Repealed.


(6) Repealed.