SCHEDULE 5Assembly election rules

PART 3Contested elections

General provisions

Polls with two ballot papers26

1

Where the poll at a regional election is to be taken together with the poll at a constituency election for a relevant constituency, the constituency returning officer shall ensure that the number on the back of a constituency ballot paper is the same as the number on the back of one (but not more than one) regional ballot paper.

2

A constituency is a relevant constituency for the purposes of paragraph (1) if it is situated in the region in respect of which the regional election is being held.