Rule 61 I1

In a contested election where the count is conducted by means of an electronic counting system, the returning officer must (except as provided for by paragraph (6)) give public notice of the information specified in F1paragraph (2) (“the information”), within one week following the declaration of the result of the poll.

The information is, for each polling station (except as provided for by paragraph (3))—

For the purposes of this rule, all postal ballot papers cast in a ward must be treated as if cast at a further polling station in that ward.

Where in total less than 200 votes were cast at a polling station the returning officer is to give public notice of the information for that polling station aggregated with (and indistinguishable from) that information from one or more other polling stations in the same ward, being such polling stations as the returning officer sees fit, such that as aggregated the information will include in total no less than 200 votes.

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Where in total less than 200 votes were cast at polling stations in a ward, no public notice of the information is to be given.

Once public notice of the information F5... has been given, the returning officer must as soon as reasonably practicable procure the destruction of any electronic data or other records retained under rule 57(3) pursuant to this rule, in a manner which ensures that their confidentiality is preserved.