Procedure for summarising at district electoral commission the results of elections of Councils of Elders of Gyumri, Vanadzor, head of community and member of the council of elders

1. No later than within 18 hours after the end of voting, based on the protocols on the voting results in electoral precincts, the district electoral commission shall, in accordance with the requirements of this Article, summarise the preliminary voting results on elections of the Councils of Elders of Gyumri, Vanadzor, as well as head of community and member of the council of elders and endorse them by a protocol.

2. On the 5th day after the voting day, and on the 7th day in case of elections of the Councils of Elders of Gyumri, Vanadzor, based on the protocols on the voting results in electoral precincts, the recounting results, the decisions adopted on the voting results, the district electoral commission shall draw up a protocol on the voting results in the community.

3. The following shall be indicated in the protocol on the voting results in the community:

(1) the total number of electors in the community, which shall be equal to the sum of the number of electors included in the list of electors and the number of electors in the supplementary list being drawn up on the voting day;
(2) the total number of voting participants;
(3) the total number of self-adhesive stamps allocated to the precinct electoral commission;
(4) the total number of numbered passes allocated to the precinct electoral commission;
(5) the total number of passes printed by means of technical equipment, received from electors;
(6) the total number of numbered voting passes received from electors;
(7) the total number of numbered passes received from electors (the sum of the figures referred to in points 5 and 6 of this part);
(8) the total number of unused numbered passes;
(9) the total number of unused self-adhesive stamps;
(10) the total number of invalid ballot papers;
(11) the number of ballot papers with affirmative vote cast in favour of each political party running in elections, in case of elections of the Councils of Elders of Gyumri, Vanadzor;
(12) the total number of ballot papers cast in favour of a candidate, in case of elections of head of community and member of council of elders;
(13) the number of ballot papers cast against a candidate (the line shall be indicated when one candidate is voted on).
(14) the total amount of inaccuracies.
The total amount of inaccuracies in a community shall be equal to the sum of the total inaccuracy amounts in electoral precincts included in the community.

4. The protocol shall be signed by the commission members; it shall be sealed by the commission chairperson.

5. The chairperson of the district electoral commission shall publish the drawn up protocol.

6. On the 5th day after the voting day, and on the 7th day in case of elections of the Councils of Elders of Gyumri, Vanadzor, based on the protocol on the voting results in the community, court judgments, decisions adopted due to consideration of applications (complaints) received by the commission, and the adopted decision on the violations recorded on the voting day in the registration books of precinct electoral commissions, the district electoral commission shall summarise the voting results in the community and adopt a decision on the election results.

Where the number of voting passes in the precinct is less than the number of self-adhesive stamps handed over to the member posting self-adhesive stamp and responsible for the ballot box and of those used, the chairperson of the district electoral commission shall provide the law-enforcement bodies with the data on the member of the commission (the chairperson of the commission) having handed over less self-adhesive stamps and the carbon copy of the relevant page of the registration book, as a report on potential infringement.

7. One copy of the protocol shall be posted at the commission in a visible place immediately after the actions provided for by this Article are completed.

8. A carbon copy of the protocol on the voting results of elections, certified by the signatures of the commission chairperson and the secretary, and by the commission seal, shall be provided to persons having the right to attend the sitting of the electoral commission, upon their request.

9. The district electoral commission shall submit the copies of the protocol and the decision on the results of elections to the Central Electoral Commission within a 5-day period.

(Article 74 amended by HO-158-N of 20 October 2016)