1. The term for which federal bodies of state power shall be established in the Constitution of the Russian Federation. The term for which bodies of state power of subjects of the Russian Federation, bodies of local selfgovernment, and their respective deputies are elected, and the term of powers of such bodies and deputies shall be established, respectively, in the constitutions/charters, laws of subjects of the Russian Federation, charters of municipalities; provided that the established term shall not be less than two and more than five years. The expiry date of the term, for which the bodies of state power of subjects of the Russian Federation, bodies of local selfgovernment, deputies to the said bodies are elected, shall be the second Sunday of March of the year, in which the term of powers of the said bodies or deputies expires, and in the case envisaged in Article 811.8,of this Federal Law, the second Sunday of October of the year, in which the term of powers of the said bodies or deputies expires (in the year of holding of the elections of deputies to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (of the regular convocation), the date of voting at the said elections). If the second Sunday of March or the second Sunday of October of the year, in which the term of powers of the said bodies or deputies expires, falls on a day-off or a holiday or the day preceding to a day off or a holiday, or the day immediately following the day off or the holiday, or the second Sunday of March or the second Sunday of October was announced a business day in the established manner, then the expiry date of the term, for which the said bodies or deputies are elected shall be the first Sunday of March and the first Sunday of October, respectively. Combination of days of voting at elections of different level, as a result of which an elector would be able to simultaneously vote with more than four election ballots (except for the ballots issued in connection with early, repeated or additional elections) shall not be allowed.

(in the version of Federal Law of July 19, 2009, # 196-FZ).

2. Any change (prolongation or reduction) of the term of powers of operating elective bodies or deputies referred to in Section 1 of this article shall be prohibited, except for the case established in Article 811.6, 811.9 and 811.10, and Article 82.4 and 82.6 of this Federal Law. A regulation that changes (prolongs or reduces) the term for which bodies of state power, bodies of local self-government, deputies are elected, and/or the term of powers of a body of state power, a body of local self-government, or a deputy as established by a federal law, the constitution (charter), a law of a subject of the Russian Federation, the charter of a municipality shall apply only to the bodies or deputies that are elected at elections called after taking effect of such regulation.

(in the version of Federal Laws of July 21, 2005, # 93-FZ, of July 22, 2008, # 149-FZ, of March 8, 2011, # 34- FZ).

3. In the event the term of powers of operating bodies or deputies referred to in Section 1 of this article expires within a period during which a state of emergency or martial law is in effect, such bodies or deputies shall exercise their powers until such state of emergency or martial law ceases to be effective and new bodies or deputies are elected.