Procedure for summarisation of results of elections of the National Assembly, Councils of Elders of Yerevan in the Central Electoral Commission

1. No later than 24 hours after the end of voting, based on the election results in the electoral precincts, received from district electoral commissions, the Central Electoral Commission shall, in accordance with the requirements of this Article, summarise the preliminary results of voting on election of the National Assembly, Council of Elders of Yerevan, and endorse them by a protocol.

The preliminary results of voting for elections of the National Assembly shall be officially published through live broadcasting of public radio and public television. (sentence deleted by HO-171-N of 1 April 2021)

After having been signed, the protocol on preliminary voting results on election of the National Assembly and of Councils of Elders of Yerevan shall be published on the website of the Central Electoral Commission.

2. During the election of the National Assembly, no later than 72 hours after the publication of the preliminary results, the data obtained from the technical equipment shall be summarised by means of special software, and the following shall be published on the website of the Central Electoral Commission:

(1) the total number of voting passes printed by means of technical equipment;

(2) the total number of voting passes printed through inserting an identification document into the technical equipment;

(3) the total number of voting passes printed through inputting by the specialist, using the keyboard, the data of the identification document into the technical equipment;

(4) the total number of voting passes printed through the technical equipment for electors registered in the military unit;

(5) the total number of voting passes printed through the technical equipment for electors included in the supplementary list of electors being drawn up on the voting day.

3. On the 7th day after the voting day, based on the protocols on the voting results in electoral precincts, the recounting results, the decisions adopted on the voting results, the Central Electoral Commission shall draw up a protocol on the voting results.

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

(1) the total number of electors, which shall be equal to the sum of the number of electors included in the list and the number of electors in the supplementary list;

(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 passes received from electors;

(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;

(12) (point repealed by HO-171-N of 1 April 2021)

(13) the total amount of inaccuracies.

The total amount of inaccuracies shall be equal to the sum of the total amount of inaccuracies in all the formed electoral precincts.

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

6. A carbon copy of the protocol on the voting results, certified by the signatures of the chairperson and the secretary of the commission, as well as by the commission seal, shall be provided to persons having the right to be present at the sitting of the electoral commission, upon their request.

7. On the 7th day after the voting day, based on the protocol on the voting results, court judgments, decisions adopted following the consideration of applications (complaints) received from commissions, decisions of district electoral commissions adopted on the violations recorded on the voting day in the registration books of precinct electoral commissions, as well as decisions adopted on the voting results, the Central Electoral Commission shall summarise the election results and adopt a decision on the election results.

(Article 75 amended by HO-171-N of 1 April 2021)