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54.—(1) The returning officer must declare the elected mayor to be the candidate who, in accordance with section 42(2) of the 2000 Act or, as the case may be, Schedule 2 to that Act, is to be returned as the elected mayor at that election.
(2) The returning officer must give public notice of—
(a)the name of the successful candidate,
(b)the total number of first preference votes given for each candidate,
(c)the number of rejected ballot papers at the election under each head shown in the statement of rejected ballot papers (rule 48(5)), and
(d)if second preference votes were counted—
(i)the total number of second preference votes given for each of the candidates remaining in the contest after the count of the first preference votes, and
(ii)the number of ballot papers rejected for the purposes of the count of second preference votes on the ground that they were unmarked or void for uncertainty as to the second preference vote.
(3) In an uncontested election, the returning officer must as soon as practicable after the latest time for the delivery of notices of withdrawals of candidature—
(a)declare to be elected the person remaining validly nominated;
(b)give public notice of the name of the person declared to be elected.
(4) The returning officer must inform the proper officer of the local authority concerned of the result of the election.
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