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Article 15
 

110 electoral circuits are created for the holding of elections of deputies of the House of Representatives on the territory of the Republic of Belarus.


For the holding of elections of deputies of local Councils of Deputies the electoral circuits are created:


for the elections to regional Council of Deputies – from 40 to 60 electoral circuits;


for the elections to the Minsk City Council of Deputies - from 40 to 60 electoral circuits;


for the elections to the district Council of Deputies - from 25 to 40 electoral circuits;


for the elections to the city Council of Deputies (cities of regional subordination) - from 25 to 40 electoral circuits;


for the elections to the city Council of Deputies (cities of district subordination) - from 15 to 25 electoral circuits;


for the elections to the settlement, rural Council of Deputies – from 11 to 15 electoral circuits.


Average number of electors for the electoral circuit for the elections of deputies of the House of Representatives over the Republic of Belarus is established by the Central Commission not later than five months prior to the end of the term of powers of the House of Representatives of the effective convocation.


Within the norms specified in part two of this Article, the number of electoral circuits to be created for the elections to local Council of Deputies and an average number of electors are established by the respective local Council of Deputies not later than five months prior to the end of the term of powers of local Council of Deputies of the effective convocation.


The number of electors in the electoral circuit is determined pursuant to the number of citizens having electoral right and residing on the territory making part of the electoral circuit when the previous elections or referendum was held.


Electoral circuits are created with an approximately equal number of electors:deviation of the number of electors in the electoral circuit for the elections of deputies of the House of Representatives from the average number of electors falling on the electoral circuit over the Republic of Belarus and in the electoral circuit for the elections of deputies of the respective local Council of Deputies – from the average number of electors falling on the electoral circuit for the elections to that local Council of Deputies, as a rule, may not exceed 10 percent.Electoral circuit is a single territory:it is not allowed the creation of the electoral circuit from territories not bordering between them.


Lists of electoral circuits with indication of their names, numbers, borders, number of electors and places of location of electoral commissions are published:for the elections of the deputies of the House of Representatives – by the Central Commission not later than on the fifth day after the setting elections to the House of Representatives, for the elections of deputies of local Councils of Deputies – by the territorial electoral commissions not later then for 80 days before the elections to the local Council of Deputies.


In the case of dissolution of the House of Representatives the elections of deputies of the House of Representatives are held at the electoral circuits created while holding elections of deputies of the House of Representatives of the previous convocation.


One deputy is elected from every electoral circuit.