“New Zealand method of counting single transferable votes means the method set out in Schedule 1A”.

“Single Transferable Voting electoral system means the electoral system commonly known as Single Transferable Voting using the New Zealand method of counting single transferable votes, a general description of which is set out in regulation 5A”.

“5 General description of First Past the Post electoral system

• The First Past the Post electoral system,—

  • “(a) in the case of an election, has the following features:

    • “(i) voters may cast as many votes as there are positions to be filled:

    • “(ii) where a single position is to be filled, the candidate who receives the highest number of votes is elected:

    • “(iii) where more than 1 position is to be filled, the candidates equal to the number of positions who receive the highest number of votes are elected:

  • “(b) in the case of a poll, has the features specified in paragraph (a) as if, with all necessary modifications, every reference to a candidate were a reference to the matter or matters that are the subject of the poll.

“5A General description of Single Transferable Voting electoral system

• “(1) The Single Transferable Voting electoral system,—

  • “(a) in the case of an election for multi-member vacancies, has the following features:

    • “(i) voters express a first preference for 1 candidate and may express second and further preferences for other candidates:

    • “(ii) a quota for election is calculated from the number of votes and positions to be filled:

    • “(iii) the first preferences are counted and any candidate whose first preference votes equal or exceed the quota is elected:

    • “(iv) if insufficient candidates are elected under subparagraph (iii), the proportion of an elected candidate's votes above the quota is redistributed according to voters' further preferences, and—

      • “(A) candidates who then reach the quota are elected; and

      • “(B) the candidate with the fewest votes is excluded:

    • “(v) the excluded candidate's votes are redistributed according to voters' further preferences:

    • “(vi) if insufficient candidates are elected under subparagraphs (iv) and (v), the steps described in subparagraphs (iv) and (v) are repeated until all positions are filled:

  • “(b) in the case of an election for a mayoral or single member vacancy, has the following features:

    • “(i) voters express a first preference for 1 candidate and may express second and further preferences for other candidates:

    • “(ii) an absolute majority of votes for election is calculated from the number of votes and positions to be filled:

    • “(iii) the first preferences are counted and if a candidate's first preference votes equal or exceed the absolute majority of votes that candidate is elected:

    • “(iv) if no candidate is elected under subparagraph (iii), the candidate with the fewest votes is excluded and that candidate's votes are redistributed according to voters' further preferences:

    • “(v) if no candidate is elected under subparagraph (iv), the steps described in subparagraph (iv) are repeated until a candidate is elected:

  • “(c) in the case of a poll, has the features specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) as if, with all necessary modifications, every reference to a candidate were a reference to the matter or matters that-are the subject of the poll.”

• “(5) In this regulation,—

  “pseudo-random order means an arrangement where—

  • “(a) the order of the names of the candidates is determined randomly; and

  • “(b) all voting documents use that order

  “random order means an arrangement where the order of the names of the candidates is determined randomly or nearly randomly for each voting document by, for example, the process used to print each voting document.”

“44 Procedure when special votes allowed

• If a special voting declaration or list is marked under regulation 40 or regulation 43 with the word ‘qualified’,—

  • “(a) the corresponding voting document is a special voting document for the purposes of Parts 3 and 4; and

  • “(b) the electoral officer must, as soon as practicable,—

    • “(i) in the case of elections and polls under the First Past the Post electoral system, deal with the corresponding voting document under—

      • “(A) regulations 56 to 58, in the case of postal voting; or

      • “(B) regulations 78 and 79, in the case of booth voting:

    • “(ii) in the case of elections and polls under the Single Transferable Voting electoral system, deal with the corresponding voting document under—

      • “(A) regulations 101 to 103, in the case of postal voting; or

      • “(B) regulations 123 and 123A, in the case of booth voting.

“45 Procedure when special votes not allowed

• If a declaration or list is marked under regulation 40 or regulation 43 with the words ‘not qualified’,—

  • “(a) the electoral officer must, as soon as practicable, mark the declaration with the words ‘disallowed, not qualified’ ; and

  • “(b) the corresponding voting document must not be dealt with under Parts 3 and 4.”

“48 Interpretation

• “(1) In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires,—

  “blank voting document means a voting document, in the case of an election, on which there is no evidence that the voter has attempted to indicate his or her intention to vote for 1 or more candidates on the voting document with respect to that election

  “checking system means a system that—

  • “(a) is designed to ensure that—

    • “(i) votes recorded from valid voting documents correctly record the intentions of voters expressed in those voting documents; and

    • “(ii) votes are counted correctly; and

    • “(iii) results are determined correctly according to the First Past the Post electoral system; and

  • “(b) may include components that—

    • “(i) identify errors and processes likely to generate errors, including (but not limited to) components that entail the—

      • “(A) repetition of operations and the comparison of the results produced without varying the processes used to perform the operation or by varying the processes used to perform the operation or by using different processes to perform the operation; and

      • “(B) use of selection methods, for example, selecting all operations or selecting operations by type or selecting operations carried out over a period of time or selecting selection operations by sampling:

    • “(ii) correct errors:

    • “(iii) modify processes so that they are less likely to generate errors; and

  • “(c) must, if practicable, correct any errors that it identifies

  “informal voting document means a voting document—

  • “(a) that the electoral officer has reasonable cause to believe was not issued to an elector by the electoral officer or other electoral official; or

  • “(b) on which the number of candidates for whom the voter has voted exceeds the number of candidates to be elected; or

  • “(c) is not a blank voting document and does not clearly indicate the candidate or candidates for whom the voter desired to vote

  “operation, with respect to a checking system, includes any act for the purposes of regulations 56 to 58, 78 and 79 and any set of such acts, including (but not limited to) a set of acts defined by sampling

  “ordinary vote means a vote from a valid ordinary voting document

  “ordinary voting document means a voting document that is not a special voting document

  “process or processing voting documents means to carry out any process that facilitates the efficient counting of votes, and—

  • “(a) includes—

    • “(i) opening returned envelopes:

    • “(ii) extracting voting documents:

    • “(iii) rejecting blank or informal voting documents:

    • “(iv) identifying valid voting documents:

    • “(v) recording votes from valid voting documents and putting them in a form for counting in an automated counting process; but

  • “(b) does not include counting votes

  “special vote means a vote from a valid special voting document

  “special voting document means a voting document declared to be a special voting document under regulation 44

  “valid, with respect to a voting document, means a voting document that is not—

  • “(a) a blank voting document; or

  • “(b) an informal voting document; or

  • “(c) precluded from being a valid voting document under regulation 61(2) or regulation 80(2)

  “votes means ordinary votes and special votes.

  “(2) In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to a determination, or any other action of an electoral officer, includes an action taken by an automated process.

  “(3) In the case of a poll, this Part applies as if, with all necessary modifications, every reference to a candidate were a reference to the matter or matters that are the subject of the poll.”

“55 Dealing with returned envelopes

• “(1) At any time before the close of voting, an electoral officer may use the information from a returned envelope to—

  • “(a) deal with the envelope in any way that facilitates the processing of the voting document:

  • “(b) carry out the tasks set out in section 83 of the Act (which relates to the scrutiny of the roll).

  “(2) The electoral officer must—

  • “(a) inform candidates and their scrutineers when and where he or she will carry out the tasks specified in subclause (1)(b); and

  • “(b) allow the scrutineers to be present.

  “(3) Nothing in this regulation authorises an electoral officer to process a voting document.

“56 Processing voting documents during voting period

• “(1) If a local authority has made a determination under section 79 of the Act, an electoral officer may process voting documents during the voting period.

  “(2) An electoral officer may not act under subclause (1) with respect to a voting document before he or she has acted under regulation 55(1)(b) with respect to that voting document.

“57 Processing voting documents after voting period

• If a local authority has not made a determination under section 79 of the Act, the electoral officer must process voting documents as soon as practicable after the close of voting.

“58 Counting votes

• “(1) The electoral officer must determine the preliminary result of the election in accordance with the First Past the Post electoral system as soon as practicable after—

  • “(a) all ordinary voting documents have been processed; and

  • “(b) the close of voting.

  “(2) The determination under subclause (1)—

  • “(a) must be made using all ordinary votes; and

  • “(b) may be made by also using special votes from valid special voting documents identified at that time.

  “(3) The electoral officer must determine the official result of the election in accordance with the First Past the Post electoral system as soon as practicable after—

  • “(a) all special voting documents have been—

    • “(i) dealt with under regulation 44 or regulation 45; and

    • “(ii) processed under regulation 56 or regulation 57; and

  • “(b) the tasks set out in section 83 of the Act (which relates to the scrutiny of the roll) and regulation 61 (which relates to the disallowance of votes) have been completed.

  “(4) The determination under subclause (3) must be made using all votes.

  “(5) If, in acting under subclause (3), there is an equality of votes between candidates and the addition of 1 vote would entitle any of those candidates to be declared elected, the electoral officer must determine by lot which candidate is to be declared elected.

“59 Checking systems

• The electoral officer must apply a checking system to the operations under regulations 56 to 58.

“60 Performance standard for checking systems

• “(1) The checking system must ensure that the results of the counting specified in regulation 58(3) are as least as accurate as those that would be produced by—

  • “(a) carrying out the following operations manually:

    • “(i) rejecting blank voting documents and informal voting documents:

    • “(ii) counting votes from valid voting documents; and

  • “(b) repeating the operations in paragraph (a); and

  • “(c) resolving any discrepancies.

  “(2) In determining whether or not the performance standard in subclause (1) is met, it is sufficient to make reasonable inferences about the errors that are likely to be generated by the operations specified in subclause (1)(a).”

• “(2) A voting document dealt with under subclause (1) is not a valid voting document for the purposes of this Part.”

“61A Preliminary results of elections

• “(1) For the purposes of section 85 of the Act, the electoral officer must—

  • “(a) announce the determination specified in regulation 58(1) as soon as practicable after it is completed; and

  • “(b) state—

    • “(i) the number of persons to be elected for the local government area; and

    • “(ii) the full names of the candidates; and

    • “(iii) the number of votes for each candidate.

  “(2) The announcement required by subclause (1) may be made by any means that the electoral officer considers appropriate.

  “(3) Nothing in this regulation prevents the electoral officer from making other announcements about an election at other times after the close of voting.”

“62 Public notice of official result of election

• For the purposes of section 86 of the Act, the public notice declaring the official result of an election must

  • “(a) record the determination specified in regulation 58(3); and

  • “(b) state—

    • “(i) the number of persons to be elected for the local government area; and

    • “(ii) the full names of the candidates; and

    • “(iii) the number of votes for each candidate; and

    • “(iv) the candidates who are declared to be elected; and

    • “(v) the number of blank votes recorded; and

    • “(vi) the number of informal votes recorded.”

“78 Processing voting documents

• The electoral officer must process voting documents as soon as practicable after the close of voting.

“79 Counting votes

• “(1) The electoral officer must determine the preliminary result of the election in accordance with the First Past the Post electoral system as soon as practicable after—

  • “(a) all ordinary voting documents have been processed; and

  • “(b) the close of voting.

  “(2) The determination under subclause (1)—

  • “(a) must be made using all ordinary votes; and

  • “(b) may be made by also using special votes from valid special voting documents identified at that time.

  “(3) The electoral officer must determine the official result of the election in accordance with the First Past the Post electoral system as soon as practicable after—

  • “(a) all special voting documents have been—

    • “(i) dealt with under regulation 44 or regulation 45; and

    • “(ii) processed under regulation 78; and

  • “(b) the tasks set out in section 83 of the Act (which relates to the scrutiny of the roll) and regulation 80 (which relates to the disallowance of votes) have been completed.

  “(4) The determination under subclause (3) must be made using all votes.

  “(5) If, in acting under subclause (3), there is an equality of votes between candidates and the addition of 1 vote would entitle any of those candidates to be declared elected, the electoral officer must determine by lot which candidate is to be declared elected.

“79A Checking systems

• The electoral officer must apply a checking system to the operations under regulations 78 and 79.

“79B Performance standard for checking system

• “(1) The checking system must ensure that the results of the determination specified in regulation 79(3) are as least as accurate as those that would be produced by—

  • “(a) carrying out the following operations manually:

    • “(i) rejecting blank voting documents and informal voting documents:

    • “(ii) counting votes from valid voting documents; and

  • “(b) repeating the operations in paragraph (a); and

  • “(c) resolving any discrepancies.

  “(2) In determining whether or not the performance standard in subclause (1) is met, it is sufficient to make reasonable inferences about the errors that are likely to be generated by the operations specified in subclause (1)(a).”

• “(2) A voting document dealt with under subclause (1) is not a valid voting document for the purposes of this Part.”

“80A Preliminary results of elections

• “(1) For the purposes of section 85 of the Act, the electoral officer must—

  • “(a) announce the determination specified in regulation 79(1) as soon as practicable after it is completed; and

  • “(b) state—

    • “(i) the number of persons to be elected for the local government area; and

    • “(ii) the full names of the candidates; and

    • “(iii) the number of votes for each candidate.

  “(2) The announcement required by subclause (1) maybe made by any means that the electoral officer considers appropriate.

  “(3) Nothing in this regulation prevents the electoral officer from making other announcements about an election at other times after the close of voting.”

“81 Public notice of official result of election

• For the purposes of section 86 of the Act, the public notice declaring the official result of an election must—

  • “(a) record the determination specified in regulation 79(3); and

  • “(b) state—

    • “(i) the number of persons to be elected for the local government area; and

    • “(ii) the full names of the candidates; and

    • “(iii) the number of votes for each candidate; and

    • “(iv) the candidates who are declared to be elected; and

    • “(v) the number of blank votes recorded; and

    • “(vi) the number of informal votes recorded.”

“90A Modifications to New Zealand method of counting single transferable votes for purposes of counting programs

• “(1) Algorithm 123 in the form described in the article specified in clause 1A of Schedule 1 of the Act and the formulas and procedures proposed in that article must, for the purposes of designing and operating any counting program to implement the New Zealand method of counting single transferable votes, incorporate the modifications required to generate the process specified in Schedule 1A.

  “(2) The modifications specified in subclause (1) incorporate the modification effected by clause 8(a) of Schedule 1 of the Act.

  “(3) Regulation 5A is of no effect for the purposes of designing any counting program to implement the New Zealand method of counting single transferable votes.

“90B Multiple elections with common candidates

• “(1) This regulation applies to elections if the circumstances set out in section 84(3) or (5B) of the Act (which relate to candidacies for positions that cannot be held concurrently) could occur.

  “(2) If this regulation applies, the electoral officer must count the votes in the following order:

  • “(a) the votes in any election for the position of mayor:

  • “(b) the votes in any election for a member or members of the territorial authority other than the mayor:

  • “(c) the votes in any election for a member or members of a community board.”

“91 Interpretation

• “(1) In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires,—

  “blank voting document means a voting document, in the case of an election, on which there is no evidence that the voter has attempted to indicate his or her intention to vote for 1 or more candidates on the voting document with respect to that election

  “checking system means a system that—

  • “(a) is designed to ensure that votes recorded from valid voting documents correctly record the intentions of voters expressed in those voting documents; and

  • “(b) may include components that

    • “(i) identify errors and processes likely to generate errors, including (but not limited to) components that entail the—

      • “(A) repetition of operations and the comparison of the results produced without varying the processes used to perform the operation or by varying the processes used to perform the operation or by using different processes to perform the operation; and

      • “(B) use of selection methods, for example, selecting all operations or selecting operations by type or selecting operations carried out over a period of time or selecting operations by sampling:

    • “(ii) correct errors:

    • “(iii) modify processes so that they are less likely to generate errors; and

  • “(c) must, if practicable, correct any errors that it identifies

  “informal voting document means a voting document that—

  • “(a) the electoral officer has reasonable cause to believe was riot issued to an elector by the electoral officer or other electoral official; or

  • “(b) is not a blank voting document and does not clearly indicate any recognisable preference for any candidate

  “operation, with respect to a checking system, includes any act for the purposes of regulations 101, 102, and 123

  “ordinary vote means a vote from a valid ordinary voting document

  “ordinary voting document means a voting document that is not a special voting document

  “process or processing voting documents means to carry out any process that facilitates the efficient counting of votes, and includes—

  • “(a) opening returned envelopes:

  • “(b) extracting voting documents:

  • “(c) rejecting blank or informal voting documents:

  • “(d) identifying valid voting documents:

  • “(e) recording votes from valid voting documents and putting them in a form for counting by a certified counting program

  “special vote means a vote from a valid special voting document

  “special voting document means a voting document declared to be a special voting document under regulation 44

  “valid, with respect to a voting document, means a voting document that is not—

  • “(a) a blank voting document; or

  • “(b) an informal voting document; or

  • “(b) precluded from being a valid voting document under regulation 105(2) or regulation 125(2)

  “votes means ordinary votes or special votes.

  “(2) In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to a determination, or any other action of an electoral officer, includes an action taken by an automated process.

  “(3) In the case of a poll, this Part applies as if, with all necessary modifications, every reference to a candidate were a reference to the matter or matters that are the subject of the poll.”

“100 Dealing with returned envelopes

• “(1) At any time before the close of voting, an electoral officer may use the information from a returned envelope to—

  • “(a) deal with the envelope in any way that facilitates the processing of the voting document:

  • “(b) carry out the tasks set out in section 83 of the Act (which relates to the scrutiny of the roll).

  “(2) The electoral officer must—

  • “(a) inform candidates and their scrutineers when and where he or she will carry out the tasks specified in subclause (1)(b); and

  • “(b) allow the scrutineers to be present.

  “(3) Nothing in this regulation authorises an electoral officer to process a voting document.

“101 Processing voting documents during voting period

• “(1) If a local authority has made a determination under section 79 of the Act, an electoral officer may process voting documents during the voting period.

  “(2) An electoral officer must not act under subclause (1) with respect to a voting document before he or she has acted under regulation 100(1)(b) with respect to that voting document.

“102 Processing voting documents after voting period

• If a local authority has not made a determination under section 79 of the Act, the electoral officer must process voting documents as soon as practicable after the close of voting.

“103 Counting votes

• “(1) The electoral officer must determine the preliminary result of the election using a certified counting program as soon as practicable after—

  • “(a) all ordinary voting documents have been processed; and

  • “(b) the close of voting.

  “(2) The determination under subclause (1)—

  • “(a) must be made using all ordinary votes; and

  • “(b) may be made by also using special votes from valid special voting documents identified at that time.

  “(3) The electoral officer must determine the official result of the election using a certified counting program as soon as practicable after—

  • “(a) all special voting documents have been—

    • “(i) dealt with under regulation 44 or regulation 45; and

    • “(ii) processed under regulation 101 or regulation 102; and

  • “(b) the tasks set out in section 83 of the Act (which relates to the scrutiny of the roll) and regulation 105 (which relates to the disallowance of votes) have been completed.

  “(4) The determination under subclause (3) must be made using all votes.

“104 Checking systems

• The electoral officer must apply a checking system to the operations under regulations 101 and 102.

“104A Performance standard for checking systems

• “(1) The checking system must ensure the preferences recorded under regulation 101 or regulation 102 are as least as accurate as those that would be recorded by—

  • “(a) carrying out the following operations manually:

    • “(i) rejecting blank voting documents and informal voting documents:

    • “(ii) recording votes from valid voting documents; and

  • “(b) repeating the operations in paragraph (a); and

  • “(c) resolving any discrepancies.

  “(2) In determining whether or not the performance standard in subclause (1) is met, it is sufficient to make reasonable inferences about the errors that are likely to be generated by the operations specified in subclause (1)(a).”

• “(2) A voting document dealt with under subclause (1) is not a valid voting document for the purposes of this Part.”

“105A Preliminary results of elections

• “(1) For the purposes of section 85 of the Act, the electoral officer must—

  • “(a) announce the determination specified in regulation 103(1) as soon as practicable after it is completed; and

  • “(b) state, in the following order,—

    • “(i) the number of persons to be elected for the local government area; and

    • “(ii) the full names of the successful candidates in the order in which they became successful; and

    • “(iii) the full names of any candidates who were hopeful candidates when counting was complete, in descending order of their number of votes; and

    • “(iv) the full names of the excluded candidates in the reverse of t order in which they became excluded.

  “(2) The announcement required by subsection (1) may be made by any means that the electoral officer considers appropriate.

  “(3) Nothing in this regulation prevents the electoral officer from making other announcements about an election at other times after the close of voting.”

“106 Official result of election

• “(1) The official result of an election for multi-member vacancies must—

  • “(a) record the determination specified in regulation 103(3); and

  • “(b) state—

    • “(i) the quota as determined at the first iteration; and

    • “(ii) the quota as determined at each iteration at which a candidate was successful or excluded; and

    • “(iii) the number of votes recorded for each candidate and the number of non-transferable votes at each iteration at which a candidate was successful or excluded; and

    • “(iv) the final keep value for each candidate; and

    • “(v) the iteration number at which each candidate was successful or excluded; and

    • “(vi) the full names of the candidates who are declared to be elected; and

    • “(vii) the full names of the unsuccessful candidates; and

    • “(viii) the total number of voting documents used at the election, including special voting documents; and

    • “(ix) the number of blank voting documents recorded; and

    • “(x) the number of informal voting documents recorded.

  “(2) The official result of an election for a mayoral or single member vacancy must—

  • “(a) record the determination specified in regulation 103(3); and

  • “(b) state—

    • “(i) the absolute majority of votes determined at the first iteration; and

    • “(ii) the absolute majority of votes determined at each iteration at which a candidate was elected or excluded; and

    • “(iii) the number of votes recorded for each candidate and the number of transferable votes at each iteration at which a candidate was excluded; and

    • “(iv) the iteration number at which each candidate was excluded; and

    • “(v) the full name of the candidate who is declared to be elected; and

    • “(vi) the full names of the unsuccessful candidates; and

    • “(vii) the total number of voting documents used at the election, including special voting documents; and

    • “(viii) the number of blank voting documents; and

    • “(ix) the number of informal voting documents.”

“123 Processing voting documents

• The electoral officer must process voting documents as soon as practicable after the close of voting.

“123A Counting votes

• “(1) The electoral officer must determine the preliminary result of the election using a certified counting program as soon as practicable after—

  • “(a) all ordinary voting documents have been processed; and

  • “(b) the close of voting.

  “(2) The determination under subclause (1)—

  • “(a) must be made using all ordinary votes; and

  • “(b) may be made by also using special votes from valid special voting documents identified at that time.

  “(3) The electoral officer must determine the official result of the election using a certified counting program as soon as practicable after—

  • “(a) all special voting documents have been—

    • “(i) dealt with under regulation 44 or regulation 45; and

    • “(ii) processed under regulation 123; and

  • “(b) the tasks set out in section 83 of the Act (which relates to the scrutiny of the roll) and regulation 125 (which relates to the disallowance of votes) have been completed.

  “(4) The determination under subclause (3) must be made using all votes.

“124 Checking systems

• The electoral officer must apply a checking system to the operations under regulation 123.

“124A Performance standard for checking system

• “(1) The checking system must ensure the preferences recorded under regulation 123 are as least as accurate as those that would be recorded by—

  • “(a) carrying out the following operations manually:

    • “(i) rejecting blank voting documents and informal voting documents:

    • “(ii) recording votes from valid voting documents; and

  • “(b) repeating the operations in paragraph (a); and

  • “(c) resolving any discrepancies.

  “(2) In determining whether or not the performance standard in subclause (1) is met, it is sufficient to make reasonable inferences about the errors that are likely to be generated by the operations specified in subclause (1)(a).”

• “(2) A voting document dealt with under subclause (1) is not a valid voting document for the purposes of this Part.”

“125A Preliminary results of elections

• “(1) For the purposes of section 85 of the Act, the electoral officer must—

  • “(a) announce the determination specified in regulation 123A(1) as soon as practicable after it is completed; and

  • “(b) state, in the following order,—

    • “(i) the number of persons to be elected for the local government area; and

    • “(ii) the full names of the successful candidates in the order in which they became successful; and

    • “(iii) the full names of any candidates who were hopeful candidates when counting was complete, in descending order of their number of votes; and

    • “(iv) the full names of the excluded candidates in the reverse of the order in which they became excluded.

  “(2) The announcement required by subsection (1) may be made by any means that the electoral officer considers appropriate.

  “(3) Nothing in this regulation prevents the electoral officer making announcements about an election at other times after the close of voting.”

“126 Official result of election

• “(1) The official result of an election for multi-member vacancies must—

  • “(a) record the determination specified in regulation 123A(3); and

  • “(b) state—

    • “(i) the quota as determined at the first iteration; and

    • “(ii) the quota as determined at each iteration at which a candidate was successful or excluded; and

    • “(iii) the number of votes recorded for each candidate and the number of non-transferable votes at each iteration at which a candidate was successful or excluded; and

    • “(iv) the final keep value for each candidate; and

    • “(v) the iteration number at which each candidate was successful or excluded; and

    • “(vi) the full names of the candidates who are declared to be elected; and

    • “(vii) the full names of the unsuccessful candidates; and

    • “(viii) the total number of voting documents used at the election, including special voting documents; and

    • “(ix) the number of blank voting documents recorded; and

    • “(x) the number of informal voting documents recorded.

  “(2) The official result of an election for a mayoral or single member vacancy must—

  • “(a) record the determination specified in regulation 123A(3); and

  • “(b) state—

    • “(i) the absolute majority of votes determined at the first iteration; and

    • “(ii) the absolute majority of votes determined at each iteration at which a candidate was elected or excluded; and

    • “(iii) the number of votes recorded for each candidate and the number of transferable votes at each iteration at which a candidate was excluded; and

    • “(iv) the iteration number at which each candidate was excluded; and

    • “(v) the full name of the candidate who is declared to be elected; and

    • “(vi) the full names of the unsuccessful candidates; and

    • “(vii) the total number of voting documents used at the election, including special voting documents; and

    • “(viii) the number of blank voting documents; and

    • “(ix) the number of informal voting documents.”