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Section 62: Declaration of results and procedure in case of tie

The Haryana Municipal Elections Rules, 1978State Rules of Haryana · 1973

When the counting of votes has been completed and if no fresh poll is required to be held in that constituency the Returning Officer shall forthwith consolidate the account of ballot papers in form 8 and declare the result in the following manner-

(a) The candidate who is found to have obtained the largest number of valid votes shall be declared to have been elected.

(b) If, after consolidating the result in form 8, a tie is found to exist between any candidates and the addition of one vote will entitle any of those candidates to be declared elected, the Returning Officer shall forthwith decide between those candidates by lot, and the candidate on whom the lot falls shall be considered to have received an additional vote and shall be declared to be duly elected.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Haryana Municipal Elections Rules, 1978
Section62
Marginal noteDeclaration of results and procedure in case of tie
JurisdictionState of Haryana
StatusIn force as published by the source

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