Information to be given by returning officer after each stage of counting
43.—(1) If no candidate is elected at the first stage of counting (by virtue of regulation 42(2)), the returning officer must, immediately after that stage, record and make publicly available the following information:—
(a)the number of first or sole preferences obtained by each candidate;
(b)which candidate was eliminated; and
(c)the number of rejected ballot papers.
(2) Immediately after each subsequent stage of counting, except the final stage (on completion of which the requirements in regulation 46 may apply), the returning officer must record and make publicly available the following information:—
(a)the number of votes obtained by each candidate at that stage (including any reallocated in accordance with regulation 42);
(b)which candidate was eliminated at that stage; and
(c)the number of votes of the candidate eliminated at the previous stage that were not reallocated.