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Article 78
 
Establishment of the Results of Voting in Territorial Commissions on Elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus
 
The regional, the town and the town district commission on elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus, on the basis of the records received from the precinct commissions and compiled in accordance with the requirements of Article 55 of this Code, shall establish:
the total number of electors for the region, town or town district;
the number of electors who have received ballot papers;
the number of electors who have taken part in the voting;
the number of votes given for and the number of votes given against each candidate for the position of the President of the Republic of Belarus;
the number of ballot papers recognised as invalid;
the number of ballot papers issued to the precinct commissions;
the number of spoiled ballot papers; and
the number of unused ballot papers.
 
The regional, the town and the town district commission shall establish at its sitting the results of voting for the region, town and town district and make the records. The record shall be signed by the chairman, the deputy chairman, the secretary and the members of the commission and shall be immediately, but not later than three days after the end of voting, handed over in person by the chairman or the deputy chairman or the secretary of the commission to the respective Oblast or Minsk City commission on elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus and to the bodies that formed the commission for information.
 
The Oblast and the Minsk City commission on elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus, on the basis of the records received from the respective regional, town and town district commissions, shall establish:
the total number of electors for the Oblast and the City of Minsk;
the number of electors who have received ballot papers;
the number of electors who have taken part in the voting;
the number of votes given for and the number of votes given against each candidate for the position of the President of the Republic of Belarus;
the number of ballot papers recognised as invalid;
the number of ballot papers issued to the respective regional, tow and town district commissions;
the number of spoiled ballot papers; and
the number of unused ballot papers.
 
The Oblast and the Minsk City commission shall establish at its sitting the results of voting for the Oblast and the Minsk City and make record on this. The record shall be signed by the chairman, the deputy chairman, the secretary and the members of commission and shall be immediately, but not later than four days after the end of voting, handed over in person by the chairman or the deputy chairman or the secretary of the commission to the Central Commission and to the body that formed the Oblast and the Minsk City commission on elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus for information.
 
The records of the commissions forwarded to the superior commissions shall enclose, if any, special opinions of the members of the commission and statements of proxies of candidates for the positions of the President of the Republic of Belarus and of other persons on violations of the requirements of this Code and decisions of the commissions taken on them.
 
In case of detection by the body that formed the regional, town, town district, Oblast or Minsk City commission of violations of the requirements of this Code and of other legislative acts of the Republic of Belarus made in the course of the voting or during the count of votes, this shall be immediately notified to the respective superior commission or the Central Commission.