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Article 25
 
Article 25. Procedure of Formation and Powers of District Election Commissions
1. District election commissions shall be formed in the cases as provided for by law in conducting when electionss are held in single-seat and/or multi-seat electoral districts. The powers of district election commissions may be assigned vested into other election commissions.
2. The term of powers of district election commissions shall expire on the day of the official publication of a decision calling to call the next respective relevant election.
3. The number of voting members of district election commissions for elections to elections of federal bodies of state power shall be determined established by the federal law. The number of voting members of district commissions for elections to elections of bodies of state power of a subject of the Russian Federation, bodies of local self-government shall be set established by a law of the subject of the Russian Federation.
4. A district election commission for elections to elections of federal bodies of state power shall be formed by the election commission of the a subject of the Russian Federation on the basis of proposals referred to in Clause 1, Article 22 of this Federal Law and proposals made by representative bodies of local self-government, the previous district election commission.
5. In forming a district election commission for elections to elections of federal bodies of state power, the election commission of the a subject of the Russian Federation shall appoint at least one half of the total number of members of such district election commission on the basis of nominations proposedproposals made by:
?) political parties, electoral blocs that have nominated federal lists of candidates included in the distribution of deputy seats in the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation;
b) political parties, electoral blocs that have nominated lists of candidates included in the distribution of deputy seats in the legislative (representative) body of state power of the subject of the Russian Federation.
6. A district election commission for elections to elections of bodies of state power of a subject of the Russian Federation, bodies of local self-government shall be formed by the higher commission on the basis of proposals referred to in Clause 2, Article 22 of this Federal Law and proposals made by representative bodies of local self-government, and proposals made at meetings of voters at places of their residence, work, service, study.
7. The higher election commission shall appoint at least one half of the total number of members of the a district election commission for elections to elections of bodies of state power of a subject of the Russian Federation, bodies of local self-government of the a municipality on the basis of nominations proposedproposals made by:
?) political parties, electoral blocs that have nominated federal lists of candidates included in the distribution of deputy seats in the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation;
b) political parties, electoral blocs that have nominated lists of candidates included in the distribution of deputy seats in the legislative (representative) body of state power of the subject of the Russian Federation;
c) electoral associations, electoral blocs that have nominated lists of candidates included in the distribution of deputy seats in the representative body of local self-government.
8. A district election commission shall:
?) exercise, on the territory exercise control over the observance of the electoral rights of citizens of the Russian Federation on the territory of the electoral district;
b) work in conjunction with bodies of state power, bodies of local self-government on issues related to the preparation and conduct of elections in the electoral district;
c) register candidates;
d) approve the text of the ballot in the electoral district;
e) exercise control over compliance with the uniform procedure for vote-counting, determination of vote returns and establishment of election results on the territory of the electoral district;
f) determine the election results for the electoral district;
g) publish (make public) the outcome results of an election for the electoral district in the relevant mass media;
h) provide legal and administrative/technical assistance to lower commissions;
i) consider complaints appeals (applicationsgrievances) related to decisions and actions (omissions) of lower commissions, and take reasoned decisions on such appeals (grievances)complaints (applications);
j) exercise other powers in accordance with the law.