1. To conduct the elections of deputies to the State Duma elected by single-mandate electoral districts, 225 single-mandate electoral districts shall be established on the territory of the Russian Federation. The establishment of the single-mandate electoral districts shall be performed on the basis of information on number of voters, referendum participants registered on the territory of the Russian Federation in accordance with the requirements laid down in Article 16 of the Federal Law "On Basic Guarantees”. The boundaries of the single-mandate electoral districts are determined based on the number of voters registered on the territory of the Russian Federation, as of the date closest to the day of the adoption of the CEC decision for the consideration of the State Duma, of the scheme of single-mandate electoral districts (January 1 or July1).

2. The single-mandate electoral districts are formed on the basis of a single rate of representation of voters, determined by dividing the total number of voters registered in the Russian Federation to the total number of single-mandate electoral districts (225).

3. After determining the single rate of voter representation for the single-mandate electoral districts, number of voters registered on the territory of each subject of the Russian Federation, shall be divided by a single rate of voter representation. The whole of the resulting quotient is a pre-set number of single-mandate electoral districts for the corresponding subject of the Russian Federation.

4. One single-mandate electoral district from the total number of single-mandate electoral districts shall be established in subjects of the Russian Federation, where the number of registered voters is less than a single rate of voter representation.

5. The remaining single-mandate electoral districts are distributed by one among those subjects of the Russian Federation, quotient of which determined in accordance with part 3 of this Article, is greater than one and has the largest fractional part.

6. If the distribution of single-mandate electoral districts, provided by parts 3 and 4 of this Article leads to the fact that the number of distributed single-mandate electoral districts is greater than 225, they shall be distributed according to the following rules. First of all, single-mandate electoral districts are allocated to the subjects of the Russian Federation, referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article, by one. Then, the total number of voters registered on the territory of the remaining subjects of the Russian Federation, is divided by the number of unassigned single-mandate electoral districts. The resulting quotient is a secondary unified voter representation rate for single-mandate electoral district. After that, the number of voters registered on the territory of each of those subjects of the Russian Federation, shall be divided by the secondary rate of voter representation. The whole of the resulting quotient is a pre-set number of single-mandate electoral districts for the corresponding subject of the Russian Federation. Unallocated single-mandate electoral districts are distributed by one among the subjects of the Russian Federation, which quotient has the largest fractional part.

7. The single-mandate electoral districts shall be formed in accordance with the following requirements:

1) approximate equality of single-mandate electoral districts according to the number of voters registered in their territory with a permissible deviation from the average voter representation rate within a single subject of the Russian Federation for not more than 10 per cent; in difficult or remote areas - no more than 15 per cent. The average rate of voter representation is determined by dividing the total number of voters registered on the territory of the Russian Federation, the number of single-mandate electoral districts allocated to this subject of the Russian Federation. The list of difficult and remote areas is established by the law of the Russian Federation in force at the date of adoption of the CEC decision to submit for the consideration of State Duma of the scheme of single-mandate electoral districts;

2) formation of single-mandate electoral districts from territories not adjacent to each other, except in territories not adjacent to other territories in the subject of the Russian Federation is not allowed;

3) the formation of a single-mandate electoral district in the territories of two or more subjects of the Russian Federation is not allowed;

4) at least one single-mandate electoral district must be formed at the territory of each subject of the Russian Federation;

5) distribution of single-mandate electoral districts among the subjects of the Russian Federation shall ensure the maximum of the equality of representation of voters from each subject of the Russian Federation in the State Duma according to the requirements provided for in paragraphs 3 and 4 of this Part;

6) the name of the corresponding subject of the Russian Federation should be included in the name of the single-mandate electoral districts;

8. Borders of municipalities and settlements shall be taken into account during the establishment of single-mandate electoral districts in accordance with the requirements of paragraph 7 of this article.

9. Voters residing outside the territory of the Russian Federation are assigned to singlemandate electoral districts, formed on the territory of the Russian Federation. The number of voters assigned to the single-mandate electoral district shall be determined on the basis of information about the number of voters, referendum participants registered outside the territory of the Russian Federation in accordance with the requirements of Article 16 of the Federal Law "On Basic Guarantees". Number of voters in such singlemandate electoral district should be less than a single rate of voter representation. The number of voters assigned to one single-mandate electoral district shall not exceed 10 per cent of the number of voters registered on the territory of the single-mandate electoral districts.

10. The CEC develops a new scheme of single-mandate electoral districts and their graphic representation and presents it in the prescribed manner to the State Duma no later than 80 days prior to the expiration of the term for which the previous scheme of singlemandate electoral districts was approved. The scheme of single-mandate electoral districts shall contain:

1) the name of each single-mandate electoral district and its number;

2) a list of municipalities or localities in each single-mandate electoral district. If the single-mandate electoral district includes part of the territory of the municipality or town, the list should describe border of this part of the territory of the municipality or town. If the single-mandate electoral district includes the entire territory of a subject of the Russian Federation, the list of municipalities and localities of inside it shall not be included;

3) the number of voters registered in each single-mandate electoral district;

4) the number of voters assigned in accordance with Part 9 of this Article to singlemandate electoral districts, with an indication of foreign countries where the voters reside.

11. GAS Vybory can be used in the formation of single-mandate electoral districts and determination of their schemes.

12. The scheme of single-mandate electoral districts shall be approved by a federal law for a period of 10 years. This federal law shall be published no later than 20 days before the expiration of the term for which the former scheme of single-mandate electoral districts was approved. If a federal law has not been published within the specified period, the new scheme of single-mandate electoral districts shall be approved by the CEC not later than one month from the date of expiration of that period. In the event of dissolution of the State Duma, the previous scheme of single-mandate electoral districts is applied for the early elections to the State Duma.