Are official election results processed by an electronic tabulation system?
Viet Nam
VOVNEWS.VN; May 30 2011: Impressive Election Day in Vietnam
[This article provides information that Electronic voting has not yet appeared in Vietnam and the ballots are still counted by hand.]
Chapter VI ELECTORAL ORDER
Section 4: SUMMING UP OF THE ELECTION
Article 75. After receiving and checking the reports of the Election Boards on the election returns and the settlement of complaints (if any), the Election Committee shall make a report ascertaining the election returns in the locality. The report must clearly state:
- The number of constituencies;
- The number of candidates;
- The total number of voters in the locality;
- The number of voters who have cast their votes;
- The percentage of voters who have cast their ballots against the total number of voters;
- The number of valid votes;
- The number of invalid votes;
- The number of votes for each candidate;
- The list of elected candidates;
- The complaints already settled by the Election Teams and Election Boards;
- The complaints already settled by the Election Committee;
- The important incidents and solutions thereto;
- The complaints, denunciations and petitions referred to the Election Council.
The report shall be made in five copies, each affixed with the signatures of the Chairmanand the Secretary of the Election Committee. Not later than seven days after the election day the report shall be sent to the Election Council, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, the Standing Board of the People’s Council, the People’s Committee, the Fatherland Front Committee of the provinceor the city directly under the Central Government.
