Electoral precinct

1. The electoral precinct for the election of the President and deputies of the Jogorku Kenesh is the entire territory of the Kyrgyz Republic.

2. Voters living outside the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic shall be considered to be assigned to the precinct.

3. To hold the voting and count the votes, the electoral precincts are formed taking into account local and other conditions in order to create maximum convenience for the electorate.

To hold the voting and count the votes of people living or staying outside the Kyrgyz Republic, polling stations may be created on the territory of diplomatic missions, the consular offices of the Kyrgyz Republic and missions of state agencies of the Kyrgyz Republic abroad upon the proposal of the agency responsible for foreign affairs and by agreement with the competent authorities of the country of accreditation.

4. The polling stations are created by the relevant territorial election commissions for 5 years at the rate of no more than 2,500 voters at each polling station. The management of the borders of the precincts is based on the procedure approved by the Central Election Commission. The list of precincts and their borders are subject to clarification in accordance with the procedure envisaged for their formation, upon the proposal of territorial election commissions and bodies of local self-government.

In order to ensure the implementation of electoral rights of citizens, including the right to vote at an electoral address in the places of temporary residence and to create maximum convenience for voters, additional polling stations may be created by the territorial electoral commissions upon the proposal of bodies of local self-government.

Additional polling stations are created and operate only for the period of preparation and holding of the elections. They are formed in the following cases:

- In the event that there is a large number of voters temporarily residing on the given territory and having no permanent place of residence at the place of voting;

- In the event that the number of voters at the nearby polling stations exceeds the number of voters established by the present constitutional Law.

The provision of the first paragraph of this section concerning the number of voters, may not be applied in case of creation of polling stations outside the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic.

In the event that on one territory the number of voters residing or being outside the Kyrgyz Republic exceeds the number of voters envisaged in the first paragraph of this section, two or more polling stations can be established in one room upon the proposal of the body responsible for foreign affairs and by an agreement with competent authorities of the country of accreditation.

5. The Central Election Commission shall consider and approve the layout and borders of the polling stations upon the proposal of territorial election commissions and shall publish them in the mass media with indication of borders and addresses not later than 5 calendar days after the day of their approval and shall hand them over to the authorized state agency.

The information on polling stations created outside the Kyrgyz Republic is posted on the websites of the Central Election Commission, diplomatic missions, consular offices and representative offices of state agencies of the Kyrgyz Republic abroad accredited in the country of stay not later than 5 calendar days after the date of their approval.

(In the version of constitutional Laws of the Kyrgyz Republic No 96 dated June 5, 2017; No 116 dated August 8, 2019)