Presidential Elections Act, 1993
Report to the presidential returning officer. |
53.—On the completion of the counting of the votes in a constituency, the local returning officer for the constituency shall send to the presidential returning officer, in such manner as the latter may direct, a report in writing, signed by the local returning officer, stating— | |
(a) the number of first preference votes credited to each candidate in the constituency, | ||
(b) the number of ballot papers transferred to each continuing candidate following the exclusion of a candidate and the number of non-transferable papers on each such exclusion (the non-transferable papers being described in the report as “non-transferable papers not effective”), and | ||
(c) the number of ballot papers not counted because of invalidity for each of the reasons referred to in section 48 (1). |