The level of election commission administration below the CEC is the Zone of Electoral Administration Commission (ZEAC). This applies to all elections, which is a novelty of this code.[21] The geographical territory covered by a ZEAC should not be confused with the geographical territory covered by an electoral zone, understood as a constituency, which for parliamentary elections is based on the administrative level of the region. According to Article 27(2) of the Code, the territorial jurisdiction of the Zone of Election Administration, “as a rule, is the same with the administrative district in accordance with the law that regulates the territorial organization of the Republic of Albania.” Article 27(2) also provides that districts with more than 70,000 citizens entitled to vote are divided and municipalities with more than 40,000 citizens entitled to vote constitute a Zone of Election Administration of its own if the total number of the citizens entitled to vote at the district level is greater than 70,000. Further, in municipalities which have more than 100,000 citizens entitled to vote, the CEC may establish two Zones of Election Administration. For the Municipality of Tirana, each of the boroughs constitutes a Zone of Election Administration of its own.
