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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-scottish-local-government-elections-order-2011/schedule-1/paragraph-56",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2011/9780111014639",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Local Government Elections Order 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-scottish-local-government-elections-order-2011",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/56",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "56",
  "heading": "Declaration of result",
  "text": "In a contested election, when the result of the poll has been ascertained, the returning officer shall—\n(a) declare to be elected the candidates who have been deemed to be elected as councillors under this Part;\n(b) give notice of the names of the candidates elected to the proper officer of the council for which the election was held; and\n(c) give public notice of—\n(i) the name of the candidates elected;\n(ii) the number of first and subsequent preferences for each candidate;\n(iii) the numbers of ballot papers transferred and their transfer values at each stage of the count;\n(iv) the number of votes credited to each candidate at each stage of the count;\n(v) the number of non‑transferable ballot papers and the number of non-transferable votes at each stage of the count; and\n(vi) the number of rejected ballot papers under each head shown in the statement of rejected ballot papers.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2011/9780111014639/schedule/1/paragraph/56",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:37:01.721435+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}