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| (1) Where no candidate has received more than one-half of the valid votes cast, the returning officer shall eliminate from the contest the candidate who has received the lowest number of votes, and the second preference of each member whose vote had been for the candidate eliminated from the contest shall be counted as a vote for the candidate for whom such preference is recorded and shall be added to the votes already counted in his favour. |
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| (2) Where after the elimination and count referred to in subsection (1), no candidate has received more than one-half of the valid votes cast, the returning officer shall proceed with the count, eliminating after each such count the candidate who has received the lowest number of votes at that count and adding to the number of votes already counted in favour of the remaining candidates
| | (a) the second preference of a member whose vote was in favour of a candidate eliminated from the contest ; or | | |
| | (b) where such second preference was in favour of a candidate already eliminated from the contest, the third preference of such member; or | | |
| | (c) where such third preference was in favour of a candidate already eliminated from the contest, the next preference of such member. | | |
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| (3) Where at the end of the count referred to in sub section (2), no candidate has obtained more than one-half of the valid votes, the returning officer shall declare the candidate who has obtained the majority of the votes at that count, elected to the office of President. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts