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PArt iv 7. Counting process
Article 51-54 Election Law
sUPPLEMENtArY
iNforMAtioN The counting starts immediately after the closing
of polls.
1. Main functions of EMB The counting is public
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Takes place either at the polling station or at the
Control the management of electoral register seat of the administrative district. In the latter case,
Establishment and revision of voter lists the ballot box must be transported by the mem-
bers of the polling station in the constant company
Printing and distribution of voter cards of the party delegates.
Publication of voter lists
The counting of the ballot takes place as follows:
Publication of members of polling stations
The ballot box is opened and the number of en-
Ensure fairness in access of candidates to pub- velopes is checked by the members of the poll-
lic electoral propaganda supports.
ing station.
Control of electoral operations
If this number is higher than the number of sig-
Control the installment of electoral materials natures in the list, this is noted in the minutes.
and documents
The members of the polling station count the
Appoint two members responsible for assisting votes and count the votes.
in the transmission of results to the office of the They are assisted by tellers chosen by the pres-
Minister of Interior
ident of the polling station, from among the vot-
2. Number of political parties ers present, who can read and write.
3. Number of polling stations The counting takes place on single table or sev-
eral tables, where the president distributes the
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envelopes.
4. Voting age At each table, one of the scrutineers extracts the
18 years bulletin from each envelop and passes it, unfold-
ed to another person.
5. Election system
Presidential : two round system, majority system The latter reads it aloud, the mark is noted by at
least two tellers on the sheets.
National Assembly : 52 members of the National
Assembly are directly elected in multi-seat constit- The tables are arranged so that voters can circu-
uencies by a simple majority vote. 13 are directly late among them
elected in multi-seat constituencies by a propor- Immediately after the scrutiny, the president of
tional representation vote. Members serve 5-year the polling station shall make public and display
terms. the provisional results of the polling station.
Local elections :
The minutes are triplicated, one copy is sent to
6. Opening and closing time of polling stations the Secretariat of the Adminsitrative District. To
Opening: 6:00 am this copy a tabulation sheet is attached.
Closing: 6:00 pm The other two copies are sent in a sealed enve-
lope to the Commission, the Ministry of Interior,
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