Section 52, The Public Elections Act, 2012

(1) After the expiration of the time fixed for polling, thevotes shall be counted, polling station by polling station and each Presiding Officer shall as soon as possible after the votes have been counted, certify, through the regional offices of the Electoral Commission, to the Returning Officer, the result of the counting, stating the number of valid votes cast in favour of each presidential (2) As soon as possible after receipt of the result of the counting of votes under subsection (1), the Returning Officer shall tally and compute the results certified to him by the various Presiding Officers and shall after that declare the result of the election.