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Section 14
 

Election commissions


(1) Election commissions shall be independent bodies serving voters, subject only to the law, and their primary task shall be determining the election results, ensuring the fairness and legality of elections, ensuring impartiality and, if necessary, restoring the legal order of elections.
(2) The following bodies shall function as election commissions:
a) the National Election Commission;
b) territorial election commissions;
c) parliamentary single-member constituency election commissions;
d) local election commissions;
e) polling station commissions.
(3) In settlements with a single polling district, the powers and responsibilities of the polling station commission shall be held by the local election commission.
(4) The National Election Commission shall have at least seven members; polling station commissions and local election commissions of settlements with one polling district shall have at least five members, while territorial election commissions, parliamentary single-member constituency election commissions and the local election commissions of settlements with more than one polling district shall have at least three members.