(1) Recounts are made separately for the local election and the regional election according to the rules of subsections (2) to (6).

(2) For each polling district the election committee shall recount and reassess the used ballot papers according to the rules in sections 74, 75 and 78a. The results of the counts shall be entered in the appropriate election records. Then the number of votes won by each list of candidates shall be counted for the municipality as a whole. The results shall be entered in the election records and announced to those present.

(3) The number of personal votes for each candidate and the number of list votes for each list of candidates for the municipality as a whole shall also be counted.

(4) If a voter has put a cross against the name of a candidate, or against both the name of a candidate and the designation of the list of candidates on which the candidate appears, the ballot paper shall be deemed as cast in favour of such candidate (personal vote). Similar rules shall apply if, in the advance ballot paper, a voter has indicated the name of a candidate or both the name of a candidate and the list or letter designation of the list of candidates on which the
candidate appears.

(5) If a voter has put a cross against the designation of a list of candidates or within the field of the list of candidates in such a way that there is doubt as to which of the candidates on the list of candidates the voter intended to give his or her vote, the ballot paper shall be deemed to have been cast in favour of the list of candidates (list vote). Similar rules shall apply if, in the advance ballot paper, a voter has indicated the list or letter designation of a list of candidates or the names of several candidates appearing on the same list of candidates.

(6) The result of the counting of the votes cast shall be entered in the appropriate election records. The election records for the regional election shall be sent to the chairman of the regional election committee without delay.