Declaration of results of election

(1) As soon as possible after the counting of votes in a ward, if it is a by-election, and in all the wards, if it is a general election, in a municipal area is over, the State Election Commission shall publish the results in the Official Gazette. (2) If at a general election the poll could not be taken in any ward or wards for any reason on the date originally fixed for the purpose but it was taken on that date in more than two-third of the wards, the State Election Commission shall, as soon as possible, after the counting of the votes in the said ward is over, publish the available results in the Official Gazette, and as regards the remaining ward or wards the State Election Commission shall subsequently publish the results in the Official Gazette as and when the poll is taken and the counting of the votes therein is over: Provided that in determining the two-third of the number of wards a fraction shall be ignored. (3) After every general election, upon the publication of the results or, as the case may be, upon the first publication of the results in the Official Gazette under this section, the Council shall be deemed to be duly elected. (4) If a person is elected in more than one ward, he shall by notice in writing signed by him and delivered to the State Election Commission within a period of seven days from the date of publication of the results under sub-section (1) or, as the case may be, the date of subsequent publication of the results thereunder in which his name is included, choose any one of the wards which he shall serve and the choice shall be final. (5) When such choice is made, fresh elections shall be ordered in the remaining ward or wards within a period of six months from the date of making of such choice. (6) In case such person fails to notify his choice within the period specified in sub-section (4), his election to all such seats shall be void, and thereupon a fresh election shall be ordered in the words from which such person had been elected.