District electoral commissions shall be appointed by the national electoral commission.

A district electoral commission shall be appointed for the area of the electoral district.

A district electoral commission shall have a chairman, three members and their substitutes.The chairman of the district electoral commission shall be appointed from among judges and the deputy chairman from among other graduate lawyers.

Other members of the district electoral commission and their substitutes shall be appointed on the proposal of political parties whereby the proportional representation of the parties shall be observed.Representative bodies of local communities in the area of an electoral district may also propose the appointment of members of the district electoral commissions and their substitutes.

In appointing members of district electoral commissions and their substitutes pursuant to the preceding paragraph, account shall first be taken of the proposals made by the political parties whose candidates were elected to the National Assembly in past elections from their lists of candidates; this is done in descending order relative to the number of elected candidates, where in the event of the same number of votes, member(s) shall be determined by drawing lots. Then follow proposals by other political parties and local communities providing for the politically plural composition of electoral commissions.   In the absence or in the event of an insufficient number of proposals, the lacking members and their substitutes shall be replaced by state or local administration officials.