Complaints regarding the results of the counting of votes or election results, and deadlines for the submission of complaints

1. Complaints regarding the vote counting record of a polling district or regarding the results of the counting of votes shall be examined by constituency electoral committees and municipal electoral committees.

2. Complaints regarding the drawing up of the vote counting record of a constituency electoral committee or municipal electoral committee, the results of the counting of votes and the recounting of votes shall be examined by the Central Electoral Commission.

3. Complaints regarding the results of the counting of votes or election results shall be filed within 24 hours from the date of the drawing up of the vote counting record of the electoral committee or from the date of the appropriate steps made by the electoral committee. The said complaints must be examined within no later than 48 hours of their receipt. The Central Electoral Commission shall examine all complaints concerning the counting of votes or election results before the date of publication of the final election results.

4. For the purposes of local elections, mayoral elections, and elections to the European Parliament, the decisions of the Central Electoral Commission on the results of the counting of votes, the drawing-up of a vote counting record, or the establishment of results may be appealed to the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania within five days from the date of entry into force of the decision of the Central Electoral Commission. Likewise, any omissions of the Central Electoral Commission may be appealed to the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania within five days from the day on which a decision should have been adopted under the time limits laid down in this Code. The Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania shall resolve the said appeals within five days.