Sec. 5. (a) Each precinct election board shall count the affirmative votes and the negative votes cast in the referendum and shall certify those two (2) totals to the county election board.
(b) The clerk of the circuit court of the county shall, immediately after the votes cast in the referendum have been counted, certify the results to the state board.
(c) If a majority of the votes cast in the referendum favors the election of the members of the governing body, sections 6 through 11 of this chapter concerning the manner in which the members of the governing body shall be elected apply.