# The Local Elections (Principal Areas) (Wales) Rules 2021, Paragraph 60W: Declaration of result at contested election


(1) Where all stages of the count have been completed, the returning officer must declare to be elected the candidates who have been treated as elected under this Chapter.
(1A) The declaration made by the returning officer in accordance with paragraph (1) must be made in Welsh and English.
(2) The returning officer must give a notice stating the names and addresses of the candidates elected to the proper officer of the council for which the election was held.
(3) The returning officer must also publish notice , in Welsh and English, of—
(a) the names of the candidates elected;
(b) the number of first and subsequent preferences for each candidate (whether elected or not);
(c) the number of ballot papers transferred and their transfer values at each stage of the count;
(d) the number of votes credited to each candidate at each stage of the count;
(e) the number of non-transferable ballot papers and the number of non-transferable votes at each stage of the count;
(f) the number of rejected ballot papers under each head shown in the statement of rejected ballot papers.
(4) For the purposes of paragraphs (1) and (3), where the statement of persons nominated shows a candidate’s commonly used forenames or surnames, the returning officer may use those commonly used forenames or surnames to make the declaration, and give notice, of the election results.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2021/1459/schedule/1/paragraph/60W (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-principal-areas-wales-rules-2021/schedule-1/paragraph-60W
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