GROSARU v. ROMANIA JUDGMENT 5 each constituency and the names and surnames of the candidates. Any communications submitted after that time-limit shall not be taken into consideration. 5. Representatives of parties, political groupings or coalitions shall be appointed to the Central Electoral Office in descending order of the number of lists submitted by each party, political grouping or coalition, for the purposes of paragraph 4, in relation to the total number of constituencies nationwide. No party, political grouping or coalition may have more than five representatives. 6. Representatives of parties, political groupings or coalitions appointed to the Central Electoral Office shall be chosen in the order referred to in the communication mentioned in paragraph 4. 7. If more than one party, political grouping or coalition has submitted the same number of lists, their representatives shall be appointed by the President of the Central Electoral Office, by the drawing of lots, in the presence of persons delegated by the parties, political groupings or coalitions concerned ...” Article 25 “1. The Central Electoral Office shall: (a) ensure that electoral registers are updated and monitor the application and uniform interpretation of legal provisions relating to elections at national level; (b) resolve any disputes in relation to is activities or the operations of the constituency electoral offices; (c) receive reports from the constituency electoral offices indicating the number of votes validly cast for each list of candidates and record which parties, political groupings or coalitions have failed to obtain at least 3% of validly cast votes at national level; communicate to the constituency electoral offices and publish, within the following forty-eight hours, the names of the parties, political groupings or coalitions concerned; (d) verify and record the result of the elections, count, at national level, the number of unused votes for each party, political grouping or coalition satisfying the criterion referred to in paragraph (c) above and allocate seats centrally by constituency; (e) confirm the allocation of a parliamentary seat to the organisation of citizens belonging to a national minority having satisfied the criteria set forth in Article 4, and issue the relevant confirmation to the deputy thus appointed; (f) annul any elections organised in a constituency if the vote or validation of the results has been subject to fraud affecting the arrangements for the allocation of seats, and organise a new ballot; (g) perform all other duties incumbent upon it in accordance with this Law. ... 4. The decisions of the Central Electoral Office shall be pronounced in public.”