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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/787",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 1999",
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  "heading": "Conveying results of count etc. to regional returning officer",
  "text": "(1) As soon as practicable after the conclusion of the counting of the votes (including any re-count) given in a constituency in a poll for return of regional members, the constituency returning officer shall, in accordance with any directions given by the regional returning officer, draw up a statement showing the number of votes given for each registered party and each individual candidate (excluding any votes given on any rejected ballot papers).\n(2) The constituency returning officer shall forthwith inform the regional returning officer of the contents of that statement.\n(3) The constituency returning officer shall give public notice of the statement prepared under paragraph (1) above as soon as practicable after he has informed the regional returning officer.",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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