(r) A [r:rltor pirper srreil be i*vrhd.
t t" , ,-. (,,)- trpon rvirich li rrrcrlbcr sigrrs lLis rlrrnrL. (,r. ivr.itcs lrry rvcr.d, or ntal<is arry rrrrttk !5, whicI it ltecorrrcs r.ccr.r-nizable; or rrur u! \" r'*rr\vr (Lrrr ir' (.b) rvjrich. cl,oes nor bcar rjie ofllcirr[,,.,n,]k ,..l.,lr.cl to in rtrle i l; 6r.
(,,) orr vvjrich the figul.c I is rrc,t miLrked: or (t/) on rviricir the ligtrrc I is set oppositc llrc narrrc of rn,.rlc tharr o1e carrtlidate; or
(e) on tvhich tlre figr.rrc I lr nd sonrc othcr figur.c is set opposite the lrante of tlte salne candidate; or ff) rvhich iri unmlrked or viccl for Lrncertainity; o,.
G) orr rvhich tlterc i5 itrt.\'figure rnitikcd c;thcl rvise rhan rvith the nralking articlc supplied for tire pur.pose, T{is pa.per shalt be rreare',J as exhau.r;red crrll, y4,.,, rtir;;";;ii;i,io*.j 1ir.i"i""ii ii i.,,ri"alrv .J'urv ur ''!J I/ -.Jllistrittiort'- A brllot papEr co, tains the lollori,irrg prelerence :- A--l B--2 c-2 The prefet'eltce lor.A worrtcl bc v,rtic'i1.
^ffthc s"'concl preferencc rver.e :.cacheci, t;e pirl>er. would bc tr.c*tcd i.rs' exhausted as it u'ortld be irnpossible to say lor rvhich catriiiooir-iit..uorer reail); irltLlaiJ io'!iv" rriJ.r."o,iJ 'pr.l*..,rc.
. rnd will not ba trke' as 'eccnd pr:elere'cl r;;, ;til;;;ii;;;,;rJidui..- ---r-" '--'.'-:,- officer, afte| rejec:ting irtry irlv4lid baltct niiprirs- stiriltciivide ilir-r.rrnining papers intrr parcels acccrding ro the firsipfeferences reccrd:d fel euch cand,icla.re s'enirratly fci.""ii.i*t,:i:al cillege i'or q,lrich clecticl 1as bse11 conducteri. Hr..shall thenccttntatld |eccrd.thetr:lttrher,. lpipcrsi,r."9i. 1rni".i ,uia tit.tctil lunrberald creditto each ca^<iid.tc the' value or the p*p.rs i* his r.'orccl. rn6vltuei'f;it;'d;;ii,;;,;i;';;,;ift;'il'i;;;ffi;fr,r inr*les l6 ir'rt t7*s rhccase nray be.
cveryvalid,blllotp:rpcrsh"llI bcdecntccliobccl]thcunl,i.,rii iii.urr,coLrnt*ncltliequotasu{Iiiientrosoc.r'erleretu'rrof a candid*tc ftl rhe clcctiorr sirtrl[ [rc ,:rcr er.rr-rineJ u.i'i.rio."*',-
(n) add the values c.edired to *ll rhe c;L'didates urrder rule l5;
(b) divide rhe roral by 2: and
(t) add I to thc qrroticnt ignor,ing thc reminder. il arr1,. and the resulting nurrrber is the qrrota.
!seqiral to, or gie11s'i'ti|tr.r, tlle q,r-'t L r,' rhcre is orlly;;.;r;iti,il;ug cundiclirtc, thc canclidute shall be declarc<i clecrctl.
o TA I\4iL l.{hDU GOVERNIT4trNT GAZETTE EXTRA ORDIhTA R Y (:) tf, at tjre end ol an1, coulrt, no cancljclate oan be declared elected. 1l1e r.et11rni1g offcer shall_
(rr) exclude fro:tr the poll the candidale rarho ttpto tirat stage has beerr cr-edited with tlie lowest value:(6) examine all flre ballor accordingio it*;;;;iliT#l?:813,:#rin-his parcels and strb-parcels,arrange the *nexhi in each such sub-parcel and credit it tn tr."^^ijifl-f::'"*,li!'"#conti'uins candidates, U'.!if,fliffij;.;1u;ru"'rt lffiTl'i'131,:ll;lT::l:*.:.:'s"T;I-',",'li";l:?11#i:: #,ffi'fi'#;#ilil,f.:'iloJ*x':it;:l"xi:iii*Tl:iiiffifl:ransfel Il." u,u--uuiifri"!hq! cald idqte 4!d eeke a, sep erare ;,iuil"*ili " il]i iii; ;ii:#,i:;"ondK:,fffi:
(c) soe whether 4ny of tjre continui'g candid,ate has after such transfel'and credit; srcured the quota.(4) If' whe', a candidate has to be excluded under crairse (a) of sub-nrle (3), twrcredited with the same value uttd-iiuitalowest on the poll, itre canaidate for whom ,n"?^9-T-Tote c-andidares have beenare recorded shall be excluded ana ilihis nu*u-er is ar[oi;?h;--;" in rhe case of rwo or'o*"t, number or orl*ut uor*officershaIIdecidebyIotasto*i'i"r'."r'h;.;ilx;;.,iir..t'o.
17' Erectiott of candidates v,rtere two se ats are.to be Jitted.*(L) In any erection where ;r"'13":f:'?j,i'*}ft"ff *::lff,i:r;:liT,',""#".'jti'6'6i'*'ii" quoiu ,nml,:Jn;il'",:HLjiX': H?,l,x:?l'l?lr'#il
(r) add the values credited to all cancjidates under rule 15;
(6) divide the total by a nurnber which exceeds by I tile mrrnber of vacancies to be filled ; and
(c) add I to the quotient igncring the reminder if any, and the resulting number is the quota.
(2) In caruying out the rule herejnafter contained, the Rerurning Offcer shall_
(a) disregard all fracrisns ;
(D) igrrore all prelerences recorded for oandidates already elected or excluded from the poll.(3) If-at-any :,I^r.1'urnber cf.candidate^s eq.ual to th, ,rur.,rb., ", nr,;; ;;;:,candidates shall be treated as etectiC-1'd no ii,iiir* iirfiih"ii'ue taken. ected e!1oined the quota such rhan ,,,rt?r51l,Xi,n,iT$'$3:i,lj; "jJjffi:whcse parcel, o'the first prererence being ccrinred, is eq*ar ro or srearer o, nnu[y(']#Jn;,1il1t'tcfthePapersinit'ysuchparceliseqrratrc',rrreqLrcra,rriepirpersinsrrchparcels'allbeseraside 78' TrunsJcr rr sy1'dy1^v1l,r,nJ ,2tr,12 t,rte-crntittring cantrkrate.*(r)If the valLre of rI f::?';i l11,'Jl','0:?'?i.'X'"i:'S'U.Xrlll; il;fiftr$t:jffiihl;'ig,fii';$f :,'., ,"oil#3H'ii,'il3'i""fr:ill;:;:,J;
(2) (a) If the YPlttt gf *ny caud.idate to. be rransferred arises fro* .rlg;nur vor^- ijll+ffi{liil:{d,ll;..tfi',:,iils""Jffiri;"*i*r*si:;H.t"r*f:Hi#j:ri{i,*ffianTlt!flH:
(6) He shall ascertaitt the value of the papers, in each sub-parcel and of all the *nexhalrsted papers.
papers ^,(,'i"tljl["ilTf,:i,t,:';'..-i:T],i::3,i:fiT,;:":1,,J,?;,:,ffi,:t3l,lff,illt'i;l#,*xtlJii.;;ff.;"n.,nar,,t,a ((/) Ifr.hevalu3^o^f.ttle.unexhaustedpaper.sisgreaterthanthesurplll5.heshalltrans ;ii,'l,Xililff# SfI::'rr pape*ti"iLu' ti'i'-i"'.8';ffii;ffilJJi-li",iiJ"i,,i'J'i,i,T"i;'",1'.t:l$llii,yf,il#:,fiiiif#
(3) If the sttl'plus 9f :t,u'clrncliditte tc be transferred arises frcnr transferred as well as f;AffT'ii::i:1;::ll;l't?l:nttilii,llr.l:l#f:L,*';;+elf;t1;:1l;,:i#'*Ui,iifl"xy#'jitiqnlln#t*f3 sanre 1'en'er t''s is prc'videcl in the ciiie c.f the sub-parc;C;;i;;A tc in sr:b-ir;i;'iii'"" r..l u.l"ngil.,a]I'\:,f,1?lliot,li1.lt*'"0 to cach candidirrc shall be addcd in the tcrnr ct a s*b-parcel 1c the jrtper.s,,,,i*0,, rA MIL NADU GOVEIINMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDII{ARY as herejn before directed, if less nrrnrber ol candiclates thau requiled iras been eleoted, the Returning Officer shall exolucie from the pool, the Candidate lorvest on the poll and shall distribute his urtexhassed papers amollg tire co:rtinuing caudidates accordiitg to the next prefleretr',e recorded tlereop llld hny exliag.sted paper slall be set asid-e as fi.ally dealt u'it'.
(2) The papers corrtainir.rg original votes of art exclrrded carrdidate shall first be translerred, ihe trarrsf'ere t,ulue of eacfi Pupci bcirig oric lrundlCtl .
(3) TJie papols contaitring tt'artsfclretl voles of urr cxclrrcled cnndidate shall then be trarrslerred, itr the olcler 9f thc transfers in wjrich and at the valttc at rvhich he obtained thenr.
(5) The prccess directed by the rtrle shall be repiLted on tJre successive exclu!ic,:rs one alter allother of t5e culdidates lowestontirepoiluntilthelastvacarleyis{llledeitherbytfieelectiortol'acarrdidateu'iththequctaorashereill alter provided.
l:i (6) , If as the resultof the tansferof papers underthese.nrles the value of the votes obtained by a candidate is equal to orgreaterthan the quota, thetransi"ert.hen proceedingshall becornpleted, bttt tto further papers shall be tralslqlred to him.
(7) If aftertJrecornpletionof.anytranslerundertheserulesthevalrreof thevotesof anycandidate slall becqual' to or greater thall the qttota, he shall be declared elected.
(8) If thevaltrecfthe.vctes^rr lanys.tcl-Lcandidateshall begreat^erthatrthequota,.hissurplrrsslrall thereupolbe tlistribLrted in the manuer herein belore provide, beiore the exclusion of any other caudidate.
(9) When tireuuniberof continuingcaudidates is leduced lo the trumber of vacancies remaining uufilied. the continuirigcandidatessIrallbedeclar.edelected'
(10) When only one va-cancy re;.nains rLnfilied and the value of the votes of some continuing candidate exceeds the total value of all the vctes oi the other continuing cand idates'together with any sutplus not transferred,that candidate shall be declared elecled.
(1 1) When only ()ne vacancy remains unfilled and there are only two continuing candidates and those two candidstes liaveeachthesamcvalueof votesarrd nosurplrtsremainscapabieof transfer,onecandidateshailbedeclared excludcd as specified in the next succeeding sub-nrle and the other declared elected.
(12) If at any tirne it becomes necessary to exclude a candidate and two or more candidates have the saure v:rlue of votesancl arelowestbn thepoll regard shallbehad to thenumberof originalvotescredjted to eaoh of thesecand - dafes and the candidate with the fewest original votes shall be excluded. If the'value of original votes are equal, the Returning officer shall decidely lot which candidate shall be excluded.