“(1) On receipt of records from polling stations, the Returning officer or an officer of the Commission duly authorized in that behalf shall, at the office of the District Commissioner, compile the result of the elections in his district on the basis of the duly signed summaries received with such records and shall prepare, on the appropriate sheets in the prescribed form provided for the purpose by the Commission, a record in respect of each constituency in the district and also in respect of the entire district showing— (a) the total number of persons who registered as voters; (b) the total number of persons who voted; (c) the total number of votes for or under each classification of votes in accordance with section 91; (d) the discrepancies, if any, between the votes counted and the number of persons who voted; and (e) the complaints, if any, received by him and his decisions thereon. (2) Representatives of political parties duly designated for the purpose, shall be entitled to observe the entire procedure followed at the office of the District Commissioner in compiling the district result of the elections under subsection (1). (3) The record prepared under subsection (1) shall be legibly signed by the returning officer or other officer supervising the compilation thereof and, if any be present, by at least one representative of a political party which shall in addition, be entitled to receive a copy of the record. (4) The returning officer or an officer of the Commission duly authorized in that behalf shall publicly announce the result of the election in each constituency and in the entire district in accordance with the record prepared under subsection (1). (5) The returning officer or a duly authorized officer of the Commission shall, with all dispatch, deliver to the Chief Elections Officer under conditions of absolute security against loss, tampering or interference. (a) the record prepared under subsection (1); and 32

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