Formation of electoral districts
1. For the conduct of voting and vote count in districts and cities the corresponding akims shall take a decision to form electoral districts on the basis of the approval of election commissions.
The electoral districts shall be formed with the purpose to ensure and create maximum convenience for the voters and taking into account the local and other conditions.
2. Electoral districts shall be formed taking into account the following conditions:
1) not more than three thousand voters per each electoral district;
2) observation of the borders of the administrative-territorial division within the administrative-territorial units;
3) (The sub-clause is excluded by the Constitutional Act of RK of 14 April 2004 No. 545-II);
3. In the military units, on boards of the ships belonging to the Republic of Kazakhstan that on the Election Day are in navigation; in the rest houses, health resorts, medioprophilactic institutions; in the places of citizens’ stay in the remote and hard-to-reach areas, in the distant pastures, in the investigative wards and detention centers, the electoral districts shall be formed and included in the constituencies according to the place of their dislocation, port of registry of a vessel or disposition. The polling stations formed in the representations of the Republic of Kazakhstan in foreign states shall relate to the constituency in which territory the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic is located.
4. Formation of electoral districts shall be conducted by the corresponding akims and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic upon proposals of the captains of ships, commanders of military units or body of troops, heads of establishments mentioned in clause 3 of this Article.
5. The corresponding akims within seven days (in case of conduct of elections of members of other local self-government bodies within three days after the appointment or announcement of the election) shall notify voters via mass media about the borders of the electoral district.
