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Article 138
 

Territorial organization of Elections of Members of Parliament of Ukraine



  1. A system of the territorial organization of the election of MPs consists of the following:


1) a single nationwide multi-member election district;


2) electoral regions;


3) territorial districts; 4)election precincts.



  1. The election of MPs shall be held in a single nationwide multi-member election district, which shall include the whole territory of Ukraine and the out-of-country election district.

  2. For preparation, organization and conduct of the election of MPs, the Central Election Commission shall establish, in accordance with this Code, territorial districts, which shall exist on a permanent basis.

  3. For preparation, organization and conduct of the voting and vote counting in the election of MPs, regular, special and out-of-country election precincts shall be used, which shall be formed on a permanent basis, as well as special election precincts, which shall be formed on a temporary basis, in accordance with this Code (hereinafter, election precincts).

  4. Regional electoral lists of MP candidates shall be formed in the following electoral regions:


1) electoral region No. 1 (Kyivsky) – city of Kyiv;


2) electoral region No. 2 (Vinnytsky) – Vinnytsya oblast;


3) electoral region No. 3 (Volynsky) – Volyn oblast;


4) electoral region No. 4 (Dnipropetrovsky) – Dnipropetrovsk oblast;


5) electoral region No. 5 (Donetsky) - Donetsk oblast;


6) electoral region No. 6 (Zhytomyrsky) – Zhytomyr oblast;


7) electoral region No. 7 (Zakarpatsky) – Zakarpattya oblast;


8) electoral region No. 8 (Zaporizky) – Zaporizhzhya oblast;


9) electoral region No. 9 (Ivano-Frankivsky) - Ivano-Frankivsk oblast;


10) electoral region No. 10 (Kyiv Oblast) – Kyiv oblast;


11) electoral region No. 11 (Kropyvnytsky) – Kirovograd oblast;


12) electoral region No. 12 (Luhansky) – Luhansk oblast;


13) electoral region No. 13 (Lvivsky) - Lviv oblast;


14) electoral region No. 14 (Mykolayivsky) - Mykolayiv oblast;


15) electoral region No. 15 (Odesky) – Odesa oblast;


16) electoral region No. 16 (Southern) – Kherson oblast, the Automonous Republic of Crimea, city of Sevastopol;


17) electoral region No. 17 (Poltavsky) – Poltava oblast;


18) electoral region No. 18 (Rivnensky) – Rivne oblast;


19) electoral region No. 19 (Sumsky) - Sumy oblast;


20) electoral region No. 20 (Ternopilsky) – Ternopil oblast;


21) electoral region No. 21 (Kharkivsky) – Kharkiv oblast;


22) electoral region No. 22 (Khmelnytsky) – Khmelnytsk oblast;


23) electoral region No. 23 (Cherkasky) - Cherkasy oblast; 24)electoral region No. 24 (Chernivetsky) – Chernivtsi oblast; 25)electoral region No. 25 (Chernihivsky) – Chernihiv oblast.



  1. No later than the second day after the start of the election process, the Central Election Commission shall publish on its official website a list of territorial districts, indicating their numbers, boundaries and centers of the electoral regions.