Section 94, The Public Elections Act, 2012

(1) Upon receipt of the statement of the result of the pollfrom all the polling stations located in the district, the District Returning Officer shall compile a summary of all the statements of the results from the polling stations concerned and certify as many copies as may be required of each summary to the Regional Returning Officer showing the number of votes cast for each constituency candidate or, as the case may be, each candidate in any other election held on the same day. 48 49 Delivery of sealed ballot boxes and equipment to District Loss or destruction of sealed ballot boxes. Duty of District Officer regarding counting of ballots. Certificate of result by District (2) Certified copies of the summary compiled under subsection (1) shall be supplied to observers or counting agents present at the office of the District Returning Officer. (3) Upon receipt of the copies of the summary of results compiled under subsection (1) by each of the District Returning Officers in the electoral area, the Regional Returning Officer shall compile a summary of all the results received from the District Returning Officers and shall supply certified copies of his summaries to the National Returning Officer and any observers or counting agents present. (4) Upon receipt of the summaries referred to in subsection (3), the National Returning Officer shall cause those summaries to be tallied and computed and shall at the end forthwith declare the result of the election or elections as follows:– (a) in the case of an election of the ordinary members of Parliament, the number of votes cast for each constituency candidate; and (b) in the case of the election for a President held the same day, in the manner prescribed in section 52, and ensure that the statements of the result of the polls and the sealed packages containing the voting papers and all other documents relating to the election, including all forms whether used or not, are securely kept by the Electoral Commission.