After the completion of a canvass, the presiding officer of the local canvassing authority shall prepare a certificate of election for each candidate who is elected to an office for which the official [..]

a document prepared by the official or body with the legal authority to do so,conferring upon a candidate the right to assume an elective office as a result of being elected to it.

A document transmitted by the Chief Electoral Officer to the Clerk of the national Assembly, following a general election, certifying that a political party has been allocated a requisite number of se [..]