39. ¹[(1) The Returning Officer shall, after obtaining the result of the count under Article 37, declare by public notice the contesting candidate who has received the highest number of votes to be elected.

(2) The public notice shall contain the name of, and the total number of votes received by, each contesting candidate as a result of consolidation under Article 37.].

(3) The Returning Officer shall, immediately after publication of the notice under clause (1), submit to the Commission a return of the election in the prescribed form together with a copy of the consolidated statement.

(4) The Commission shall publish in the official Gazette the name of the returned candidate.