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1999 Electoral Code amended 2005 Article 19 (4) For election of deputies to the Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic, there shall be 75 single-member territorial constituencies. Article 75. Establishing of the Election Results 1.On the basis of protocols of precinct election commissions, a territorial district election commission shall at its meeting establish the results of election of deputies to the Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic in the constituency on its corresponding territory, and submit this information without delay to the Central Election Commission. 2. The candidate who won more than half of votes of the voters who participated in the election shall be considered elected in the first round of the election in the single mandate territorial constituency. If the ballot contains names of two candidates running in the same territorial district, then the candidate who won most of the votes cast by the electors who participated in the election shall be considered as elected. (In the edition of the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic issued on January 24th 2004 year No.7) Article 76. Repeated Voting 1. In the event if more than two candidates were included in the ballot for the district and none of them was elected, the territorial district election commission shall designate repeat voting to elect deputies to Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic for two candidates who won the largest number of votes. 2. The repeat voting shall be conducted not later than two weeks after the day of establishment of the general elections results in compliance with the requirements of this Code. The information on the repeat voting shall be published in mass media not later than two calendar days after the day when the corresponding decision was taken by the territorial district election commission. 3. If prior to repeat voting only one candidate is left, as a second candidate for repeat voting shall be recognized by decision of the territorial district election commission the candidate who at the general elections won the largest number of votes after the two candidates for whom the territorial district election commission initially appointed the repeat voting. 4. At repeat voting a candidate who wins the majority of votes of the voters participating in the repeat voting shall be considered elected. In cases when only one candidate was left to contest in the repeated voting, this candidate shall be considered elected if he or she wins more than half of the votes cast by the people who took part in the election. New ESD Handbook, Kyrgyzstan case study, pp54-56 OSCE observation report 2005