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Brief Profiles of Countries, EMBs and Partner Organisations of A-WEB

Information on elections # seats Term of office # candidates / political parties #districts
Presidential Elections 1 6 6
Parliamentary 596 5 2573/7 6

Local government

a second round held between top two parties and committee, the counting results for all the Poll-
the list with the most votes wins ing Stations under her/his supervision. The report
shall be signed by the chairperson and the secre-
Local elections : taries of all Polling Stations included in the report.

6. Opening and closing time of polling stations A copy of the counting report shall be handed to
Opening: 9 am candidates’ agents or representatives upon their
Closing: 9 pm request.

7. Counting process Media and CSOs representatives authorized by the
At the end of the voting process, each Polling Sta- PEC to watch the elections and the counting pro-
tions shall commence the counting process, by cess and announcement of results as described
determining the number of registered voters in the above, shall be allowed to be present in so far as
committee’s list, the number of those who cast their presence does not obstruct the activities of
their votes, the number of valid and invalid ballot the Station/ committee.
papers and the total votes obtained by each can-
didate. (Law 22/2014)
This shall be recorded in one or more minutes
for all the Stations supervised by the chairperson
member of a judicial body.

The chairperson shall announce these results in
front of candidates’ agents or their representatives
present at the polling station, and shall hand, in one
official report, to the chair of the relevant district

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