Electoral system for national legislature

2005 Law on Election of Deputies attached Article 96. Establishing the Results of the Elections of Deputies 1. At its session no later that on the fifteenth day after the day of election, the Central Election Commission shall establish the results of the elections of deputies on the basis of the protocols of district election commissions on the results of the vote within the respective territorial election constituencies, including those marked “Amended,” and the protocol of the Central Election Commission on results of the vote in the out-of-country election constituency, about what it shall complete a protocol. The following information shall be entered in the protocol on the results of the election of deputies in figures and in words: 1) the number of election ballots produced on the order of the Central Election Commission; 2) the number of unused election ballots cancelled by the Central Election Commission;3) the number of election ballots received by district election commissions; 4) the number of unused election ballots cancelled by district election commissions;5) the number of election ballots received by polling station election commissions;6) the number of election ballots produced by polling station election commissions;7) the number of unused election ballots cancelled by polling station election commissions; 8) the total number of unused election ballots; 9) the total number of spoiled election ballots; 10) the number of voters included in voter lists in polling stations; 11) the number of voters included in the excerpts from the voter lists in polling stations; 12) the number of voters included in voter lists for voting by absentee certificates; 13) the number of voters who received election ballots in the polling station; 14) the number of voters who received election ballots at their place of stay; 15) the number of voters who received election ballots on the basis of absentee certificates; 16) the total number of voters who received election ballots; 17) the number of voters who took part in voting in the premises for voting; 18) the number of voters who took part in voting at their place of stay; 19) the number of election ballots that do not count discovered in polling stations; 20) the total number of voters who took part in voting; 21) the number of election ballots declared invalid; 22) the percentage of the election ballots that were declared invalid in relation to the number of voters who took part in the vote; 23) the number of votes of voters cast for candidates for deputy, included in the electoral lists of each party (bloc); 24) the percentage of votes of voters cast for candidates for deputy, included in the electoral list of each party (bloc), in relation to the number of voters who took part in the voting; 25) the number of voters who did not support candidates for deputy included in the electoral list of parties (blocs), from any party (bloc) 26) the percentage of votes of voters who did not support candidates for deputies, included in the electoral list of parties (blocs), from any party (bloc) in relation to the number voters who took part in the vote. 2. The information on the results of the vote shall be entered into the protocol of the Central Election Commission on the results of the election in figures and in words. The information, indicated in sub-paragraphs 3–26 of paragraph one of this Article, shall be entered in figures for each territorial election constituency (including the out-of-country election constituency), as well as aggregated for the nationwide election constituency in figures and in words. 3. The candidates for deputy included in electoral lists of parties (blocs) that received three or more per cent of the votes of voters who took part in the vote in the nationwide constituency shall gain the right to take part in the distribution of deputy mandates. 4. Candidates for depute included in the electoral list of a party (bloc) which received less than three per cent of the votes of voters who took part in the vote shall not be entitled to take part in the distribution of mandates for deputy. 5. The mandates for deputy shall be distributed among the electoral lists of parties (blocs) in proportion to the number of votes of voters received by the candidates for deputy included in the electoral lists of the parties (blocs), indicated in paragraph three of this Article in the order determined by paragraph six through nine of this Article. 6. The Central Election Commission shall establish the aggregated number of votes of voters cast for candidates for deputy included in the electoral lists of parties (blocs) that received three or more per cent of the votes of voters on the basis of the information indicated in sub- paragraph 23 of paragraph one of this Article. 7. The number of votes of voters necessary for obtaining one mandate of a deputy (hereafter – the election quota) shall be calculated by dividing the aggregated number of votes of voters, determined in accordance with paragraph six of this Article, by the number of deputy mandates, which equals the numeric composition of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, as determined by the Constitution of Ukraine (hereafter – the total number of deputy mandates) 8. The number of votes of voters cast for candidates for deputy included in the electoral list of this party (bloc) shall be divided by the electoral quota. The whole number of the resulting figure shall be the number of deputy mandates which the candidates for deputy from this party (bloc) obtained. The remainder shall count when distributing the rest of the deputy mandates in accordance with paragraph nine of this Article. 9. The parties (blocs), the electoral lists of which have the highest remainder compared to others after the division in accordance with paragraph eight of this Article, shall each obtain one additional mandate beginning with the electoral list of the party (bloc) that has the highest remainder. If two or more electoral lists of parties (blocs) have the same remainder, the additional deputy mandate is allocated to the electoral list of the party (bloc), the candidates for deputy from which received the highest number of votes of voters. The distribution of additional deputy mandates shall end after the total number of deputy mandates is exhausted. 10. The result of the election shall be the determination of persons according to the consecutive order in the electoral lists of parties (blocs) elected deputies from parties (blocs) in correspondence to the number of deputy mandates received by the electoral lists of the parties (blocs) 11. After having established the number of deputy mandates received by the parties (blocs) that are subjects of the election process, and after having determined the persons that are election deputies in accordance with the requirements of paragraph ten of this Article, in the protocol on the results of the elections of deputies the Central Election Commission shall state: 1) the total number of votes of voters cast for the candidates for deputy, included in the electoral lists of parties (blocs) that received three or more per cent of the votes of voters; 2) the election quota;3) the number of deputy mandates received by each party (bloc) that is a subject of the election process; 4) the names, patronymics, surnames, year of birth, profession, position (occupation), place of work, place of residence and party affiliation of the elected deputies. 12. The protocol of the Central Election Commission on the results of the election of deputies shall be completed in two copies. The Chairperson, the Deputy Chairperson, the Secretary and other members of the Central Election Commission who are present at the session of the Central Election Commission shall sign the protocol, which is then sealed with the seal of the Central Election Commission. The date and time (hours and minutes) when the members of the Central Election Commission signed the protocol shall be indicated in it. A member of the Central Election Commission who is present at the session is obliged to sign the protocol on results of the elections of deputies. If a member of the Central Election Commission disagrees with the established results of the election recorded in the protocol of the Central Election Commission, the member of the Central Election Commission shall sign a protocol marked “With a dissenting opinion.” A written outline of the dissenting opinion shall be attached to the protocol on results of the election of deputies. If a signature of a member of the Central Election Commission is absent from the protocol, the reason for the absence of the member of the Central Election Commission at its session shall be indicated next to his/her surname. The candidates for deputy, the representatives of parties (blocs) in the Central Election Commission and authorized persons of the parties (blocs) in the nationwide constituency, who were present during the tabulation of the results of the election of people's deputies of Ukraine shall have the right to sign the first copy of the protocol. The content of the protocol shall immediately be published on the official website of the Central Election Commission. 13. Central Electoral Commission is obliged to determine the voting result regardless of the quantity of polling stations where voting was declared invalid. (Article 96 supplemented by paragraph thirteen in accordance with Law No 1114-V of 01.06.2007)

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