- Rules 5 to 13 — Procedure for elections — The Presiding Officer specified by the collector for holding the elections to the offices of Chairman and Vice Chairman Union Council is required to invite the nomination on simple papers on which a member of the said Union Council may be proposed by another member for election to either of the aforesaid offices. In case there is only one contesting candidate for any of the above offices the Presiding Officer shall declare him elected to that office but if there are more then two candidates for it then the Presiding officer is bound to allot a particular symbol to each one of them and the members would be called upon to cast their votes in a ballot box. The Presiding Officer shall then and there count the votes polled for each candidate and shall declare the result in presence of the members of the Council. Aziz-ur-Rehman v. Presiding Officer Local Council Election and others 1993 SCR 177 (A)
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