“(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
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