Article 203.
Determination of Results of Presidential Elections
203.1 Not later than 10 days starting
from the Election Day the Central Election Commission
shall finalize the Presidential Elections and
submit the results to the Constitutional Court
of the Republic of Azerbaijan for approval pursuant
to Article 102 of the Constitution. Resolution
of the Constitutional Court on this matter shall
be final.
203.2 A general schedule displaying the data from
Constituency Election Commissions shall be attached
to the protocol of the Central Election Commission.
203.3 Based on protocols on voting results received
from Constituency Election Commissions, the Central
Election Commission shall, in addition to provisions
of Article 108 of this Code, define the number
of election constituencies where legal violations
have taken place during conduct of elections or
determination of voting results or that did not
allow to identify the voters’ will; the number
of election precincts where voting results were
invalidated and the number of votes cast for each
candidate for Presidency.
203.4 In accordance with Article 101.2 of the
Constitution, a candidate for Presidency of the
Republic of Azerbaijan shall be considered elected
if more than half of the voters, who participated
in the voting, voted for him/her.
203.5 A protocol on results of the Presidential
elections shall be published within 24 hours upon
its signing.
Article 204.
Invalidation of Results of Presidential Elections
204.1 The Central Election Commission
shall consider invalid the results of the Presidential
elections in the following cases:
204.1.1 if the voting results are considered invalid
in more than 2/5 of election precincts or when
they are cancelled, under the condition that the
number of registered voters in the election precincts
exceeds ¼ of all voters registered in the constituency;
204.1.2 on the basis of a court decision.
Article 205.
Repeat Voting During Presidential elections
205.1 If more than two persons are included
in the ballot paper as candidates for presidency
and no one was elected, the Central Election Commission
shall determine repeat voting for the two of the
candidates that gain the majority of the votes
during the elections.
205.2 In accordance with Article 101.3 of the
Constitution of, the repeat voting shall be held
on the second Sunday after the voting in general
elections.
205.3 Information about the conduct of repeat
voting shall be published in mass media not later
than 2 days after the Central Election Commission
makes the relevant decision.
205.4 Pursuant to Article 101.4 of the Constitution,
the candidate who gained the majority of votes
of voters that participated in the repeat voting
shall be considered elected as the President of
the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Article 206.
Repeat Presidential Elections
If outcomes of the Presidential elections
are considered invalid by the Constitutional Court
and the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan
is not elected, a repeat Presidential election
shall be determined by a decision of the Central
Election Commission.
Article 207.
Realization of Election Actions during Early Presidential
Elections
In case of early Presidential elections,
the Central Election Commission shall define periods
of implementation of election actions which are
necessary for the period specified in Article
105.1 of the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan,
and publish it in a table form along with the
decree on conduct of the early Presidential elections.
With this purpose, the periods identified in this
Code can be decreased at most 2 times.
Article 208.
Publication of Outcomes and Voting Results of
Presidential Elections
Rules for publication of outcomes and
voting results of the presidential elections shall
be regulated by Article 109 of this Code.
Article 209.
Commencement of the President’s Power
209.1 In accordance with Article 103
of the Constitution, the person elected as the
President shall take an oath within 3 days starting
from the day of official announcement of information
on outcomes of the Presidential Elections by the
Constitutional Court.
209.2 From the day of taking the oath, the President
of the Republic of Azerbaijan shall receive monthly
salary at the rate of 3000 times the established
minimum salary.
209.3 The functioning President of the Republic
of Azerbaijan shall implement his power until
the commencement of the powers of the newly elected
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
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