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Article 96
 

Elections of deputies of local Councils of Deputies in newly formed administrative territorial units is held in cases when the formation of a local Council of Deputies is impossible in view of the absence or insufficient number of deputies elected for the local Council in the territory included into the newly formed administrative territorial unit.


If as result of changing boundaries of the administrative territorial unit the local Council of Deputies can not carry out its activities in view of insufficient number of deputies, new elections are to be called to the respective local Council of Deputies.


Elections in the cases specified in part one and two of this Article are called by the President of the Republic of Belarus and held in the order established by this Code.The number of electoral circuits to be formed for elections to the local Council of Deputies in the newly formed territorial administrative unit and the average number of voters in the electoral circuit for elections to the local Council of Deputies are established by the respective superior local Council of Deputies whereas the territorial electoral commission for elections to the local Council of Deputies is formed by the superior state bodies in the order established by Article 34 of this Code.


In case of elections of deputies of a regional Council of Deputies in a newly formed region the number of electoral circuits to be formed and the average number of voter per electoral circuit are established by the Central Commission.The regional territorial and the circuit electoral commissions are also formed by the Central Commission.