GROSARU v. ROMANIA JUDGMENT 7 Article 68 “1. The Central Electoral Office shall resolve any disputes that may arise and issue a separate report for the Chamber of Deputies and for the Senate. The report shall indicate, at national level: (a) the total number of voters registered on the permanent electoral registers; (b) the total number of voters; (c) the total number of validly cast votes; (d) the total number of invalid votes; (e) the method by which the constituency electoral offices have applied the provisions of Article 66 § 4; (f) how seats have been distributed at national level in accordance with Article 66 § 5 and the allocation thereof to the constituencies in accordance with Article 66 § 6; (g) the organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities which, despite having participated in the elections, have failed to gain a seat in the Chamber of Deputies or the Senate; the total number of votes validly cast for the lists of each of those organisations and for organisations entitled to a seat in the Chamber of Deputies in accordance with Article 4; and the name and surname of the first candidate appearing on the list of the organisation entitled to a seat in the Chamber of Deputies having secured the largest number of votes. In the event of any organisations’ lists having obtained the same number of votes, seats shall be allocated by the drawing of lots.” 19. Article 91 § 9 of the new Law no. 373 of 24 September 2004 on elections to the Chamber of Deputies and to the Senate states that the parliamentary seat belonging to the national minorities is to be allocated to the constituency in which the list of candidates put forward has obtained the highest number of votes. 3. Emergency Ordinance no. 165/2000 of 13 October 2000 amending Law no. 68/1992 20. This Ordinance added the following paragraph to Article 5 of the above-mentioned Law no. 68/1992: “8. By way of derogation from the provisions of paragraphs 3, 6 and 7, organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities may submit the same list of candidates to the Chamber of Deputies in more than one constituency.” 4. Regulations of the Chamber of Deputies of 24 February 1994, republished on 14 March 1996 21. The relevant parts of the Regulations, in the version in force at the material time, were worded as follows: