(1) A legal remedy against the decision by a polling station commission establishing the polling district result shall be available only together with an appeal challenging the decision by the election commission establishing the election result.

(2) Appeals challenging the decision by the election commission establishing the election result may be submitted only with reference to

a) the unlawfulness of the decision by the polling station commission establishing the polling district result, or

b) a violation of the rules on aggregating polling district results and establishing the election result.

(3) If an appeal submitted pursuant to paragraph (2)a) may be assessed only if the votes are recounted, the election commission assessing the appeal or the court adjudicating the judicial review application shall order the recounting of votes within three days.

(4) Recounting of votes shall be carried out by the local election commission within three days after it is ordered, but not later than by 12.00 on the sixth day following the receipt of the application for legal remedy; the local election commission may make use of the assistance of the members of the local election office for the purpose of recounting the votes.

(5) The local election commission shall include the results of recounting into a minuted decision and shall transmit it without delay to the election commission or court that ordered the recounting. If the votes are recounted, the time limit available for assessing the appeal or adjudicating the judicial review application shall be six days.