Following the declaration of the results you must give public notice of those results.
When a candidate has used their commonly used name to stand in the election, you should use both their full name and the commonly used name on the notices to provide transparency regarding the candidates standing for election.1
However, there is no legal requirement to use both their full name and commonly used name, and you can decide on the approach to take when declaring results. Whichever approach is followed, you should ensure that you apply it consistently for all candidates and undertake any additional checks necessary on verification and count paperwork to ensure that candidates’ names appear in the same order as listed on the ballot paper.
the name of the candidate elected (and authorised description if any)
the total number of votes given to each candidate
the number of rejected ballot papers under each of the heads shown in the statement of rejected ballot papers
After submitting the regional totals for your constituency to the RRO, you should also give public notice of these totals.
The results for the Scottish Parliament regional contest are declared by the RRO. The RRO should provide a copy of the notices for you to publish locally.
Regional election
If you are also the RRO, you must give public notice of:3
the parties which seats have been allocated to and the names of the candidates on the party list who are to fill those seats
the name of each individual regional candidate elected
the total number of votes given to each party and individual candidate
the number of rejected ballot papers under each head, by constituency under each of the heads shown in the statement of rejected ballot papers in the case of a registered party, whether there are candidates remaining on that party’s list who have not been elected
Publication of the notice of result
You should ensure that the notices are made available to all interested parties as soon as possible, and you must publish them in a conspicuous place in the constituency. This should include local council offices, notice boards, libraries and on your local council’s website.
If you are also the RRO you must provide a copy of the notice of result for the regional election to CROs for them to publish locally.4