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Article 5
 

Elections to Municipalities Local Government Bodies

5.1 According to this law the number of members of municipalitieslocal government councils, elected on the basis of a majoritarian system, are to be as follows:

In a local government area with less than 500 population – 5 municipal members

In a local government area having 500 to 1,000 population - 7 3 municipal council members

In a local government area having 1,000 to 5,000 population - 9 5 municipal council members

In a local government area having 5,.000 to 10,.000 population - 11 7 municipal council members

In a local government area having 10,.000 to 20,.000 population -– 13 9 municipal council members

In a local government area having 20,.000 to 50,.000 population - 15 11 municipal council members

In a local government area having 50,.000 to 100,.000 population -– 17 13 municipalcouncil members

In a local government area having 100,.000 to 300,.000 population -– 19 15 municipal council members

5.2 The representation norm for each electoral district created according the rules of this law is determined by dividing the number of voters living within the local government area by the number of council members to be elected.