Section 19(12) in The Punjab Agricultural Produce Markets (Election to Market Committees), Rules 1961
(12)After the counting of ballot papers has been completed and an account of such ballot papers has been recorded in Form 'M' the Returning Officer shall declare the result in the following manner :-(a)The contesting candidate, who is found to have obtained the largest number of valid votes, or if more than one is to be elected, the contesting candidates up to the number of persons to be elected who are found to have obtained the largest number of valid votes shall be declared to have been elected.(b)In the event of a number of contesting candidates polling the same number of votes and their position in the statement in form 'M', being such that all of them cannot be declared elected, the Returning Officer shall draw lots in the presence of such contesting candidates for the number of seats that remain to be filled and the candidate or candidates whose name or names is or are first drawn shall be declared to have been duly elected.
