Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsCommissioner to declare result
| 61. The Commissioner shall, on receipt of the statements referred to in section 60 from the returning officer of every electoral district, add the second and third preferences as indicated in such statements, to the votes already counted under section 55 and thereby ascertain which of the remaining two candidates has received the majority of the votes so counted and forthwith declare the candidate who has obtained such majority to be elected to the office of President. |