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Article 84
 

Determining the Results of the Elections of the President of Ukraine

1. The Central Election Commission shall at its session on the basis of the protocols of the territorial election commissions on the results of the vote within the respective territorial election districts and no later than on the tenth day from the day of the elections determine the results of the vote on the day of elections of the President of Ukraine, about which it shall complete a protocol. The following information shall be entered in words and in figures into the protocol on the results of the vote on the day of the elections of the President of Ukraine:

1) the number of election ballots produced;

2) the number of election ballots received by the territorial election commissions;

3) the number of election ballots received by the polling station election commissions;

4) the number of voters included in the lists of voters in the election precincts;

5) the number of unused election ballots;

6) the number of voters who received election ballots;

7) the number of voters who participated in the vote;

8) the number of election ballots deemed void;

9) the number of votes of voters cast for each candidate to the post of President of Ukraine;

10) the percentage of votes of voters cast for each candidate to the post of President of Ukraine in proportion to the number of voters who participated in the vote;

11) the number of voters who did not support any candidate to the post of President of Ukraine; and

12) the percentage of votes of voters who did not support any candidate to the post of President of Ukraine in proportion to the number of voters who participated in the vote.

2. The information on the results of the vote shall be entered in words and in figures into the protocol of the Central Election Commission on results of the vote on the day of the elections of the President of Ukraine. The information, specified in clauses 2 to 12 of part one of this article, shall be entered both for each territorial election district and aggregated for the nationwide constituency.

3. The candidate who received more than half of the votes of voters who participated in the vote shall be declared President of Ukraine elected on the day of the elections. The Central Election Commission shall take a decision declaring the President of Ukraine elected according to the results of the vote on the day of elections. The surname and initials of the candidate, who according to this Law was elected as President of Ukraine, shall be specified in the protocol of the Central Election Commission on the results of the vote on the day of the elections of the President of Ukraine.

4. If no more than two candidates to the post of President of Ukraine were included in the election ballot for voting on the day of elections and according to the results of the vote on the day of the elections of the President of Ukraine neither candidate was elected in accordance with the requirements of part three of this article, the Central Election Commission shall based on clause 1 of part four of article 15 of this Law take a decision on addressing the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine with a request to call repeat elections of the President of Ukraine, about what a record shall be made in the protocol on the results of the vote on the day of the elections to the President of Ukraine.

5. If more than two candidates to the post of President of Ukraine were included in the election ballot for voting on the day of elections and according to the results of the vote on the day of the elections of the President of Ukraine neither candidate was elected in accordance with the requirements of part three of this article, the Central Election Commission shall take a decision on conducting repeat voting, about what a record shall be made in the protocol on the results of the vote on the day of the elections to the President of Ukraine.

6. The Central Election Commission shall no later than on the third day after the protocol on the result of the vote on the day of the elections of the President of Ukraine was signed in the newspapers "Holos Ukrainy" and "Uriadovy Courier" publish information about the results of the vote on the day of elections and about its decision, envisaged in parts three, four or five of this article, according to the result of the vote.