Counting of preference votes cast for candidates

1. The counting of preference votes cast for candidates (hereinafter: ‘preference votes’) shall begin after having counted the votes cast in the polling station and submitted in the voting envelopes of the polling district and having notified the constituency electoral committee or the municipal electoral committee thereof.

2. If a voter has not indicated the candidate number in the ballot paper, if a voter has indicated the electoral number of the candidate which is not available, or if it is impossible to determine the voter’s will from the mark(s) indicating preference votes, the preference vote(s) marked in the special box(es) of the second part of this ballot paper shall not be counted. If the candidate number of the same candidate is entered more than once on the ballot paper, only one preference vote shall be counted for this candidate according to this ballot paper.

3. The Central Electoral Commission shall lay down the procedure for counting preference votes.