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| (1) After all the members of a Provincial Council to be elected from the several administrative districts in the province have been declared elected at a general election held under this Act, the Commissioner shall, from the written statements prepared under subsection (7) of section 51 in respect of all the administrative districts in the province, add up and determine the number of votes given, for each recognized political party or independent group, in the province. |
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| (2) The recognized political party or independent group polling the highest number of votes in the province shall be entitled to have two more of its candidates declared elected as members of the Provincial Council. The Commissioner shall, after making his determination under subsection (1), call upon the secretary of the recognized political party or the group leader of the independent group polling the highest number of votes in the province to nominate two persons as members of the Provincial Council, from among the candidates nominated by that party or group for election to that Provincial Council and who have not been elected to such Council. Upon receipt of a nomination from such secretary or group leader, the Commissioner shall declare the persons named in the nomination elected as members of the Provincial Council and shall cause their names to be published in the Gazette. |
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