20Counting votes: provisional election of candidates

Counting votes: provisional election of candidates 20. (1) The provisional distribution of seats among parties and independent candidates shall be determined in accordance with section 23. (2) If an independent candidate receives a seat under subsection (1), the candidate is provisionally elected. (3) If the number of seats received by a party under subsection (1) equals the number of candidates of the party, the candidate is, or candidates are, provisionally elected. (4) If the number of candidates of a party exceeds the number of seats received by the party under subsection (1), the candidate or candidates of the party is or are provisionally elected to those seats by distributing the votes among the candidates as provided by the Electoral Act.