Finalisation of Referendum Results
On the basis of the records, received from the Oblast commission on the referendum and the Minsk City commission on the referendum the Central Commission shall determine:
the total number of citizens, having the right to take part in the referendum;
the number of citizens, who received ballot papers;
the number of citizens, who have taken part in the vote;
the number of persons who voted in favour of the question (draft decision) submitted to the referendum, and the number of persons who voted against its approval; and
the number of invalid ballot papers.
The referendum shall be considered as held if more than a half of the citizens included in the lists of citizens, having the right to take part in the referendum, have taken part in the vote. The decision shall be considered as adopted by the referendum, if it was supported by more than half of the total number of voters, who have taken part in the vote in the Republic of Belarus.
The decision on the adoption, alteration and amendment of the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus shall be deemed adopted if it was supported by the majority of the citizens included in the ballot lists.
The results of the referendum shall be finalised at the session of the Central Commission and recorded in the record. The record shall be signed by the chairman, the deputy chairman, the secretary and the members of the Commission.
On the basis of a presentation made by the respective commissions on the referendum and the bodies, which established the commissions, as well as on the grounds established by it, the Central Commission may declare the referendum results in an Oblast, a region, a town or a town district and in a precinct invalid because of the violations of the provisions of this Code and other legislative acts of the Republic of Belarus.
The information on the referendum results shall be published by the Central Commission in the press within seven days. The information shall state the total number of citizens, having the right to take part in the referendum; the number of citizens, who received ballot papers, the number of citizens, who took part in the vote, the number of persons who voted in favour of the question (draft decision) submitted to the referendum, and the number of persons who voted against its approval; and the number of invalid ballot papers.
