(1) Each political party, political movement under Section 7 § 1 and a petition committee whose proposal was approved (Section 11 § 2) shall inform the head of the District Office, no later than 30 days before the election day, about the name, surname and permanent residence of one member of the District Election Committee and one substitute member.

(2) The District Election Committee must have at least five members. Should the District Election Committee not have the determined number of members or should its number be less than five and should there be no substitute, the missing members shall be appointed by the head of the District Office from among qualified electors.

(3) The first meeting of the District Election Committee shall take place no later than 25 days before the election day; the meeting shall be convoked by the head of the District Office.

(4) The District Election Committee shall a) oversee preparedness of the Precinct Election Committees for fulfilment of tasks under this Act, b) decide on complaints about procedure of the Precinct Election Committees, c) discuss information about securing of activities of its professional (reporting) unit, d) oversee finding out of election results in the election precincts; request the Precinct Election Committees for explanations or other information and upon agreement with the Precinct Election Committee it can correct the found mistakes on its own or request the Precinct Election Committee to correct the found mistakes, e) find out the election results, f) issue minutes on the election results and submit them to the Central Election Committee.

(5) The ward of the District Election Committee shall be the same like the territory under the District Office.