Permanent composition of polling boards shall include the presiding officer and four members and one empowered representative of each candidate list submitting entity.

Each political party represented in the relevant assembly shall be entitled to the number of polling board presiding officers proportionate to the proportional representation of councillor seats in assembly, while the polling stations at which individual political parties would propose representatives for polling board presiding officers shall be determined by the municipal election commission by drawing lots.

Two members shall be appointed to the permanent polling board composition at the proposal of a political party or coalition that has majority in the relevant municipal assembly.

One representative of the two opposition political parties in the relevant assembly respectively which won the highest number of seats in the previous elections shall be appointed to the permanent composition of the polling board, and in case the number of seats was the same, the criterion shall be the the highest received number of votes.

If there is only one opposition political party in the relevant municipal assembly, two representatives of that party shall be appointed to the permanent polling board composition.

Polling boards shall be appointed for each polling station, at the latest 10 days before the election day. As an exception, at the substantiated request of a political party or group of voters which acquired the right to propose representatives to the permanent polling board composition, the polling board composition may also be changed after the expiry of the term referred to in para. 6 of this Article, and at the latest 12 hours before the polling stations are opened.

Polling board presiding officer and members, as well as empowered representatives of candidate list submitting entities, in the case of their absence or inability to work, shall be replaced by their deputies who shall perform polling board activities and tasks.