(1) In the application of the rules on vote counting and on drawing up the minutes, multi-member list, single-member constituency, mayoral, county general assembly and the Budapest-Capital General Assembly elections as well as the election of the Capital Mayor shall be handled separately.

(2) The local election commission, or for an election of the Capital Mayor the regional election commission shall order the recounting of votes if data fully recorded in the information system in accordance with section 203 (1) indicate that in a single-member constituency election or an election of a mayor or the Capital Mayor,

a) the two or more candidates with the highest number of votes had an equal number of votes;

b) the difference between the number of votes cast for the candidate with the most votes and the number of votes cast for the candidate with the second-most votes is less than 0.5 per cent of the total combined number of valid and invalid ballot papers, and the candidate with the second-most votes requests in writing recounting by 10.00 on the day after voting day from the election commission competent to establish the results.

(3) In a multi-member list election, the provisions of paragraph (2) shall apply in the context of the numbers of votes of the candidate with the least votes from the candidates entitled to a mandate and of the candidate with the most votes from the candidates not entitled to a mandate.

(4) If the local election commission deregisters the mayor from the multi-member list, the provisions of paragraphs (2) and (3) shall apply also to the changed order of candidates. In such a situation, the candidate with the most votes from the candidates not entitled to a mandate may request the recounting of votes by 10.00 on the day following the conclusive decision establishing the result of the mayoral election becoming final and binding.

(5) The local election commission shall recount the votes within three days following

a) voting day in a situation referred to in paragraphs (2) and (3),

b) the conclusive decision establishing the results of the mayoral election becoming final and binding in a situation referred to in paragraph (4).

(6) The local election commission may make use of the assistance of the members of the local election office in recounting the votes.