In the view of the Venice Commission, such procedural requirements also apply to ex officio decisions that lead to the annulment of the election result. A particular issue concerning the cancellation of the election result is that it will always affect other candidates, and in some cases all candidates. While the abovementioned ECtHR case-law and Venice Commission standards allow for some flexibility to adapt general procedural guarantees to the electoral context and to the exigencies of the situation, some form of hearing or consultation with the affected parties, to allow them to submit their views and evidence, must be provided for. In any case, ex officio decisions should take into account the claims submitted by the electoral stakeholders, as well as official complaints and appeals; and the persons who are – due to nullification of the election results – denied the mandate, as well as political parties these persons belong to, should have the right to submit evidence and their arguments. The court should be obliged to take on this role to ensure that candidates and electoral stakeholders such as the election management bodies appear as parties and make submissions.