Powers of a constituency electoral committee or a municipal electoral committee in counting voting results

1. In an election to the Seimas, the constituency electoral committee shall recount all the ballot papers of a single-member constituency if a margin of fewer than 50 votes separates the first and the second runner-up in the first round of the election in a single-member constituency; if, in the run-off and in the first round of the election in a single-member constituency, a margin of fewer than 50 votes separates the candidates and there are only two candidates, if a margin of fewer than 50 votes separates the leading candidate and the first runner up and the leading candidate is elected
in the first round of the election; and where at least one member of the electoral committee, the first or the second runner up in the first round of the election, or the first runner up in the run-off so requests before the results of the election are determined.

2. In a mayoral election, the municipal electoral commission shall recount all the ballot papers in a single-member constituency if a margin of 10 or fewer votes separates the first and the second runner-up in the first round; if a margin of 10 or fewer votes separates the candidates in the run-off and the first round in a single-member constituency, where there are only two candidates and the leading candidate is elected in the first round; or where the difference in the above cases exceeds 10 votes but does not exceed 0.05 per cent of the number of voters who have participated; and where at least one member of the committee or the first and the second runner-up in the first round of the election, or the first runner up in the run-off voting so requests before the results of the election are determined.

3. In a local election, the municipal electoral committee shall recount all the ballot papers in a multi-member constituency where the difference between the proportion of votes required to obtain mandates in the municipal council as set out in Article 168(4), on the one hand, and the votes received by the list of candidates which has not been elected, on the other, is equal to or less than 10 votes, or where the difference is more than 10 votes, but does not exceed 0.05 per cent of the number of voters who participated in the election, and where at least one member of that electoral committee or the election representative of the first runner-up political organisation so requests before the results of the election are determined.

4. For the purpose of recounting preference votes, the municipal electoral committee shall, under the procedure laid down by the Central Electoral Commission, select a polling district(s) of the multi-member constituency of the local election and the list(s) of candidates by drawing lots. The number of lists of candidates to be recounted in particular polling districts shall be determined in such a way that the total number of lists of candidates to be recounted in a municipality is at least 10 per cent of the number of lists of candidates in the municipality multiplied by the number of polling districts. If the ballot papers of the multi-member constituency of the local election have been recalculated on the grounds referred to in paragraph (3) or in other cases provided for in this Code, the ballot papers of the polling districts of these constituencies shall not be included in the recounting of preference votes of the ballot papers of the polling districts selected at random.

5. A constituency electoral committee or a municipal electoral committee may check the accuracy of the counting of the ballot papers, covering envelopes, ballot-paper envelopes, forms and seals used in the election against the data established by the Central Electoral Commission.