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Declaration of election results:- (1) After the counting of the votes has been completed, the candidate who secures a majority of votes shall be declared elected by the Returning Officer or the Presiding Officer, as the case may be. If the number of votes in favour of two or more candidates are equal, the mater shall be decided by lots drawn by the Returning Officer or the Presiding Officer, as the case may be. (2) When the result of the election has been declared, the Returning Officer or the Presiding Officer as the case may be, shall prepare a consolidated list of elected candidates, including those declared elected unopposed, and communicate the names of persons elected under his signature to the Assistant Registrar concerned and in the case of Central or Apex Co-operative Societies, such a list shall also be sent to the Registrar. The Returning Officer or the Presiding Officer, as the case may be shall also direct the Manager to exhibit the list of the names of the persons elected at some conspicuous place at the registered office of the society for a minimum period of seven days after declaration of result of the election.