1. Citizens of the Russian Federation shall participate in elections and referendums in the Russian Federation on an equal basis.

2. If, at an election of a legislative (representative) body of state power or to a representative body of a municipality electoral districts are established with different number of seats, each voter shall have the number of votes that is equal to the number of seats to be allocated in the electoral district with the least number of seats, or one vote.

(in the version of Federal Law of July 21, 2005, # 93-FZ).