Establishment of the Results of Elections in the Electoral District for Elections of the Deputy of the Chamber of Representatives
On the basis of the records received from the precinct electoral commissions and compiled in accordance with the requirements of Article 55 of this Code, the district electoral commission shall establish:
the total number of electors for the 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;
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 candidate elected in the first round of elections in the electoral district shall be the candidate for the Chamber of Representatives who received at the elections more than half of the votes of the electors who took part in the voting provided the elections have been recognised as having taken place.
Elections shall be acknowledged as having taken place if the voting has been attended by more than half of the electors of the district included into the list of citizens who have the right to take part in elections.
The district electoral commission may recognise elections as invalid if violations of the requirements of this Code were made in the course of elections or during the count of votes or determining of the results of elections that influenced the results of the elections. A complaint about such violation shall be submitted to the district electoral commission not later than on the day following the day of elections.
The district electoral commission shall establish at its sitting the results of elections for the electoral district and write down the results in the record. 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 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 Central Commission and to the bodies that formed the district electoral commission for information. The record forwarded to the Central Commission shall enclose, if any, special opinions of the members of the commission, statements of proxies of candidates for deputies and of other persons on violations of the requirements of this Code and decisions of the commissions taken on them.
In case when the body that formed the commission detects 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 fact shall be immediately notified to the Central Commission.
In case of detection of mistakes and irregularities in the records of the precinct and the district electoral commissions as well as of violations committed in the course of voting or during the count of votes the Central Commission shall have the right to take a decision on a new count of votes by the respective district electoral commission. A new count of votes of the electors shall be made by the district electoral commission in the presence of a member (members) of the Central Commission and, if required, of the precinct electoral commissions as well.
The respective district electoral commission shall publish an information on the results of elections for the electoral district not later than on the fifth day after the elections. The information shall specify the total number of electors included into the lists of citizens who have the right to take part in elections; the number of electors who took part in the voting; the number of votes given for and the number of votes given against each candidate; the number of invalid ballot papers; the surname, name and patronymic name, the date of birth, the profession, the position (occupation), the place of work and the place of residence and the party membership of the elected deputy. If the elections are recognised as having not taken place or invalid or a second round of voting is appointed, the district electoral commission shall inform about this and publish the list of candidates for deputies of the Chamber of Representatives who have passed to the second round of voting.
