Establishment of Election (Referendum) Precincts
35.1. Taking into account the number of registered voters within the territories of municipalities, election (referendum) precincts (hereafter referred to as election precincts) shall be formed every 5 years with the purpose of conducting voting and of counting votes. Separate election precincts may be formed before the expiration of the above-mentioned period, for the purpose of ensuring observation of the requirements of Article 35.3.1 of this Code.
35.2. Election precincts shall be created by the relevant Constituency Election Commissions, with the agreement of the relevant executive body and municipality, taking into account the necessity of creating the most favorable conditions for voters, as well as local and other circumstances. If election precincts are created directly before the elections (referendum), they should be established at least 50 days prior to Election Day. The boundaries of an election precinct shall be clearly indicated in the decision of the Constituency Election Commission to form the election precinct (if the election precinct covers a part of a settlement, then street names and apartment numbers shall be indicated).
35.3. The following requirements should be followed when creating election precincts:
35.3.1. the number of voters registered within the territory of each election precinct should be, at most, 1500 and, at least, 50;
35.3.2. the borders of the election precincts must not cross the borders of the constituencies.
35.4. Polling stations (precincts) may be created in conformity with the rules defined by the Central Election Commission and within the period defined by Article 35.2 of this Code in the following cases: On oil platforms located in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea, ships at sea on Election Day (if more than 50 voters are on), and in facilities where voters are temporarily present (hospitals, sanatoriums and rest homes). But in exceptional cases specified by the Central Election Commission, polling stations may be created at least 5 days prior to Election Day. Such polling stations shall be included in the constituency created where they are situated or, in the case of ships, the territory where the ship is registered. Such voting stations may only be created during referendums and Presidential elections.
35.5. Military servants should vote in general polling stations. Rules on transporting citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan who are in limited military service are determined by the Central Election Commission. It is allowed to create polling stations in the military units located outside of settlements only in the cases where the number of military servants is over 50 and more than an hour is required to transport the military servants to the general polling station by public transportation. In such circumstances, voting stations shall be created within the period defined by Article 35.2 of this Code. In exceptional cases, such polling stations shall be created by the commanders of the military units, in accordance with the decision of the relevant Constituency Election Commission, at least 5 days prior to Voting Day. Military servants from frontier security troops, military servants located in areas of military conflict, and military servants serving under special regime, in the cases established by the Central Election Commission, shall vote in election precincts created within their military units. A decision about military persons serving under the special regime conditions shall be made by the Central Election Commission at least 5 days prior to the voting day. In the election precincts formed in accordance with this Article, conditions shall be created for access to the working rooms of the election commission and to the voting room, pursuant to the rules defined by this Code, for all members of the Precinct Election Commission and superior election commissions, registered candidates and their representatives, authorized representatives of political parties and blocs of political parties and observers.
35.6. Election precincts, which are established for the collection and counting of votes of voters outside the country on Voting Day, shall be created by the heads of diplomatic representations or consulates of the Republic of Azerbaijan at least 30 days prior to Voting Day, in the territories where such voters reside, provided the number of voters registered with the consulate is more than 50. Such polling stations may only be created during referendums and Presidential elections.
35.7. Information on the following should be published by the Constituency Election Commission at least 45 days prior to Voting Day: Precinct Election Commissions and polling Stations, a list indicating the number and borders of polling stations (if a polling station occupies a part of a settlement’s territory), a list of settlements (if a polling station covers several settlements) and telephone numbers of the Precinct Election Commission. Information on election precincts established within the period indicated in Articles 35.4. and 35.5. of this Code should be published not later than 2 days after the day they are established.
35.8. Issues with publishing the information mentioned in Articles 35.7 and 109 of this Code in the election precincts established outside of the Republic of Azerbaijan are to be settled by the heads of the relevant diplomatic representations or consulates, taking into account the local circumstances.
