Counting of ratings cast for candidates and establishment of the final order of succession on the lists of candidates

1. The Central Electoral Commission (in elections to the Seimas and in elections to the European Parliament) and the municipal electoral committees (in elections to municipal councils) shall count the preference votes of candidates and establish the final order of succession of candidates on the lists according to the preference votes.

2. Firstly, the preference votes cast for each candidate shall be summed up. If the sum total of preference votes of a candidate exceeds or equals the number of mandates to be elected in the multi-member constituency or equals it, the election rating of a candidate shall be equal to this sum. If the sum total of preference votes of a candidate is smaller, the election rating of a candidate shall be considered to be zero.

3. The final order of candidates in each list shall be determined according to the ranking of each candidate. The candidate who has been ranked higher shall be entered first in the order of succession. In the event that several candidates have been ranked equally, the candidate whose election number is smaller shall be entered first. When establishing the final order of succession of candidates in a multi-member constituency, the candidates who have been elected in single-member constituencies shall be omitted from the list of candidates.

4. The decision of the Central Electoral Committee concerning the establishment of the final order of candidates on the list shall be published in the Register of Legal Acts.