(1st Article of Law 2234, amended on 17 May 1979.) 1. Four regular and four substitute members of the District Electoral Board are gathered from political parties. These members are determined as follows:

At the beginning of the time period stated in the above article for reformation of this board, chairman of the District Electoral Board asks four political parties those have organizational bodies in the district and gathered most of the votes in the last election, to submit one regular and one substitute member name within two days.

In case the number of political parties which have been determined as such or parties those have submitted names within the required time period is less than four, free positions are replaced by the other political parties requiring the same conditions, in the same way according to the number of votes they have gathered in that district.

In case the number of votes are equal names are drawn by lot.

In case the provisions above have been applied without a result concerning the determination of the names of four regular and four substitute members, political parties which have organizations in that district and whose names are announced by the Supreme Board of Election according to the fourth paragraph of 14th article, are drawn by lot. According to the order of names drawn by lot, persons whose names are declared according to the above method by the party becomes the member of the District Electoral Board.

The remaining free membership positions of the District Electoral Board, other than those replaced according to the provisions of this paragraph, are completed according to the provisions of the second paragraph.

2. The remaining two regular and substitute memberships, and the regular and substitute membership positions left empty after the procedures written above, are filled after drawing lot amongst first eight names of civil servants those are listed according to the duration of their service in that district; as for the qualifications of these civil servants, they should be commissioned for a total service term of more than ten years in that district, should not have participated as a candidate or candidate of the candidate for the elections of the legislation councils or municipality elections, they should have never registered for a political party previously. The names are drawn by the chairman of the District Electoral Board before the regular members who are determined according to the provisions of the first paragraph. Those persons whose names are drawn first become the regular members whereas the latter ones become the substitute members during this determination. The substitute of the regular member is determined in this way. However, only one regular member can exist from civil servants commissioned for the same ministry, excluding the mandatory situations.

3. The chairman of the District Electoral Board notifies the political parties those participate in the evaluation, concerning the day and time of the name selection procedure.

In case one of a regular member’s position is released within the term of his assignment, this regular member is replaced by his own substitute member. The free positions of substitute memberships are filled according to the provisions applied for the election of the member, regarding the qualifications of the former member.

The assignment term of the member who is qualified ineligible for the election after the determination and announcement according to the eleventh paragraph of fourteenth article, or District Electoral Board member of a political party which is not participating to the election in that district, expire consequently. The membership positions emptied as such, are filled according to the provisions written in the first paragraph concerning the parties participating to the election, but these parties should not have members in the District Electoral Board.

Person who have been appointed to replace a free position in the District Electoral Board, fulfils the term of his predecessor.