ELECTORAL REGULATIONS, 2005 (2) The ward elections officer must give reasonable notice in writing to each candidate or his or her chief election agent or election agent of the time and place where the ward elections officer will verify and collate the polling-station returns for the ward. (3) At the time and place notified by the ward elections officer, the ward elections officer will— (a) verify the postal ballots; and (b) verify the special ballots; and (c) unseal the postal ballot box, and having counted the postal ballot papers contained therein, record the result of the counting; and (d) unseal the special ballot box, and having counted the special ballot papers contained therein, record the result of the counting; and (e) verify the receipt of the polling station returns by filling in the appropriate spaces provided; and (f) add together the number of votes received by each candidate as shown in each polling station return by filling in the appropriate spaces provided; and (g) add together the number of votes received by each candidate as recorded under paragraphs (b) and (d) and fill the appropriate spaces provided. [Section substituted by s.i 87 of 2013] 10A. Collation of ward returns in respect of National Assembly constituency election by National Assembly Constituency Elections Officer At the time and place notified by the National Assembly constituency elections officer under section 65(1) of the Act, the constituency elections officer must verify and collate the ward returns for the National Assembly and incorporate these into Form V.23B National Assembly. [Section substituted by s.i 87 of 2013] 10B. Collation of ward returns in respect of Presidential election by Presidential Constituency Elections Officer The Presidential Constituency Officer must collate the ward returns in respect of the Presidential elections and complete the Presidential Constituency return in Form V.23B Presidential. [Section inserted by s.i 87 of 2013] 10C. Collation of Presidential constituency returns by Provincial Command Centre The Provincial Elections Officer must collate the ward returns in respect of the Presidential elections and complete the Provincial return in respect of the Presidential election in Form V.23C. [Section inserted by s.i 87 of 2013] 10D. Allocation of party list seats After receiving the returns for all the National Assembly constituency elections in the Province the Provincial Elections Officer must follow the procedures set out in the Act to arrive at the results of the party list seats for the Senate, the National Assembly and the Provincial Council in that Province and incorporate those results into a Provincial return in Form V.26. [Section inserted by s.i 87 of 2013] 10E. Collation of Presidential Provincial returns at National Command Centre The Chief Elections Officer must collate the returns for the Presidential election from the Provincial Command Centres and complete the National return in respect of the Presidential election in Form V.23D. [Section inserted by s.i 87 of 2013] 11. Declaration of result of poll (1) Subject to this section, the constituency elections officer shall declare the result of the poll in terms of section 66(1) of the Act by saying, both inside and outside the constituency centre, the following— “I, ……………….…………………………… being the constituency elections officer for the ………….…………………. constituency, do hereby declare that I have, in accordance with the Electoral Act [Chapter 2:13], and the regulations made thereunder, ascertained the result of the poll for the said constituency, and that there have been given to— (Name of candidate and party if any) ………………………………………………….votes; …………………………………………………. votes; …………………………………………………. votes; and that I therefore declare the said ………………………. this day to be duly elected member of Parliament for the ………………………………………………….. constituency.”. (2) If at a poll referred to in subsection (1) two or more candidates have received an equal number of votes and such equality affects the result of the election, the constituency elections officer shall declare such result by saying, both inside and outside the place of verification and collation of polling-station returns, the following— 4