The Returning Officer shall then declare the candidate to whom the highest number of valid voteshas been given as having been elected and certify the return of election in FORM E-17, where the District Co-operative Election Officer himself is not the Returning Officer shall send signed copies thereof to the District Co-operative Election Officer. On receipt of the declaration, the District Co-operative Election Officer shall, subject to general or special orders issued by SCEA, publish the names of all elected committee members by causing a list of such names together with their permanent addresses and the names of the constituencies from which they are elected on the notice board of his office and shall send a copy thereof to the registered address of the society concerned for affixing it on the notice board and also for its record. The District Co-operative Election Officer shall send a list of the elected committee members to the SCEA.
PART – VIII ELECTION EXPENSES