. : ELECTION CODE OF THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN

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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