Two constituencies were established for the voters residing in Transnistria, one for the northern part and the other for the southern part. Concerning the establishment of constituencies in Transnistria, the 2017 Joint Opinion cautioned against using the number of registered voters in the last parliamentary elections as a basis for the calculation. Historically, due to the challenges in organising elections on a territory outside of government control, participation in elections of voters from Transnistria is lower than the country average. Accordingly, using the number of registered voters in parliamentary elections as a basis for the establishment of constituencies may be inaccurate and as a result increase, due to the practice of low turnout, the voting power of citizens residing in Transnistria compared to citizens residing on government controlled territory. Article 74(6) appears to have followed the recommendation by basing the establishment of constituencies on advance registration of voters according to a procedure set up by the CEC. It is unclear whether advanced registration is more accurate than using registration data from the previous parliamentary elections.