The Scottish Local Government Elections Order 2007

Declaration of result

55.  In a contested election, when the result of the poll has been ascertained, the returning officer shall forthwith–

(a) declare to be elected the candidates who have been deemed to be elected as councillors under this Part;

(b) give notice of the names of the candidate elected to the proper officer of the council for which the election was held; and

(c) give public notice of–

(i) the name of the candidates elected;

(ii) the number of first and subsequent preference votes for each candidate;

(iii) the numbers of ballot papers transferred and their transfer values at each stage of the count;

(iv) the number of votes credited to each candidate at each stage of the count;

(v) the number of non transferable ballot papers at each stage of the count; and

(vi) the number of rejected ballot papers under each head shown in the statement of rejected ballot papers.