The European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004

[F1 Declaration of result E+W+S

61.— (1) In a contested election, when the result of the allocation and filling of seats has been ascertained, the returning officer must—

(a) forthwith declare to be elected those candidates on a registered party’s list by whom seats are filled and those individual candidates to whom seats are allocated under rules 59 and 60;

(b) prepare a statement setting out—

(i) the total number of valid votes (as notified to him) given to each registered party and individual candidate;

(ii) the number of votes which such a party or candidate had, after the application of subsections (5) to (9) of section 2 of the 2002 Act, at any stage when a seat was allocated to that party or candidate;

(iii) the names in full and home address in full of each candidate who fills a seat or to whom a seat has been allocated; and

(iv) whether, in the case of a party, there are remaining candidates on that party’s list who have not been declared to be elected; and

(v) give public notice of that statement and send a copy to the Secretary of State.

(2) In the case of an uncontested election, the statement of parties and individual candidates nominated, in addition to showing the registered parties, the candidates on the list of those parties and individual candidates standing nominated, must also declare to be elected any candidate so shown; and the returning officer must send a copy of that statement and declaration to the Secretary of State.

(3) The returning officer for the combined region must also send a copy of the statement in paragraphs (1)(b) and (2) to the Chief Secretary of the Government of Gibraltar.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 1 substituted (30.1.2009) by The European Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/186), regs. 1(2), 39, Sch. 2