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Section 147: Declaration of Winning Candidate in Local Gov Elections

147.Declaration of winning candidate

(1)Each returning officer shall, immediately after the addition of all the votes for each candidate or after any recount, declare elected a candidate who has obtained the largest number of votes by completing the return in the prescribed form.

(2)Upon completing the return, every returning officer shall transmit to the Electoral Commission the following documents—

(a)the return form;

(b)a report of the elections within the returning officer's electoral area; and

(c)the declaration of results forms from which the official addition of the votes was made.

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A returning officer must declare the candidate with the most votes as the winner immediately after counting or any recount. The officer uses a prescri...

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