(1) Counting of how many votes were cast for each candidate in the list of candidates (personal votes) and how many votes were otherwise cast for the list of candidates (list votes) are subject to the following rules-

(i) If the voter has put a cross against the name of a candidate, or against both the name of a candidate and the name of the party in the list of candidates to which the candidate is affiliated, the vote shall be deemed to have been cast in favour of such candidate (personal vote). Similar rules shall apply if, on the advance ballot paper, the voter has indicated the name of a candidate or both the name of a candidate and the name or letter designation of the list of candidates for which the candidate stands.

(ii) If the voter has put a cross against the name of a party or against the names of several candidates, or has placed a cross across the entire field of the list of candidates or in any other way has cross marked the ballot paper to the effect that there is doubt as to which of the candidates in the list of candidates the voter intended to give his vote, the vote is deemed to have been cast in favour of the list of candidates (list vote). Similar rules apply if, on the advance
ballot paper, the voter has indicated the party name or the letter designation of a list of candidates or the names of several candidates appearing on the same list of candidates. 

(2) The vote count specified in subsection (1) is established for each polling district and the nomination district as a whole.

(3) The vote count result specified in subsection (1) for the nomination district as a whole is entered in the election records and announced to those present. The vote count result specified in subsection (1) for each polling district forms an attachment to the election records.

(4) The chair of the election committee sends a copy of the election records complete with attachments, together with an unused ballot paper to the Minister for the Interior and Health. The copy must be confirmed by the chair. The copy of the election records is to be received by the Minister for the Interior and Health as far as possible not later than on the day after the recount of the votes. The Minister for the Interior and Health determines the forwarding procedure for the election records complete with attachments and may also lay down to which extent and in which form the election records complete with attachments must be electronically submitted to the Minister for the Interior and Health.