Territorial Organization of Elections of Members of Village, Settlement and City Councils (of Territorial Communities with less than 10,000 Voters).
The system of territorial organization of elections of members of village, settlement or city councils (of territorial communities with less than 10,000 voters) councils consists of: 1)multi-member election districts; 2)election precincts.
In order to elect members of village, settlement and city councils (of territorial communities with less than 10,000 voters), the territory of the respective community shall be divided into multi-member election districts. The approximate average number of such multimember election districts shall be determined as a quotient obtained as a result of the division of the quantitative composition of the respective council by three. When establishing multi-member election districts, the deviation from their approximate average number may not be more than one district.
Multi-member election districts shall include approximately the same number of voters in relation to the seats that are distributed to such election districts. The deviation of the number of voters in a multi-member election district established within the territory of a village, settlement or city may, if possible, not exceed 15 percent of the approximate average number of voters in the district. The approximate average number of voters in the district shall be determined as a quotient obtained as a result of the division of the total number of voters established in accordance with the data of the State Voter Register by the number of multi-member election districts.
Multi-member election districts in the elections of village, settlement or city council (of territorial communities with less than 10,000 voters) shall be formed by the territorial election commission in the respective election no later than the second day of the election process, in compliance with the principle of contiguous boundaries (adjacency of territories) of such districts.
When establishing multi-member election districts, the territorial election commission in the respective election shall determine the territory of each district. Each district shall be assigned an ordinal number.
Boundaries of a multi-member election district shall not cross the boundaries of regular election precincts.
When establishing multi-member election districts, the territorial election commission shall establish the number of seats that will have to be distributed to each such district, based on the principle of equality of the vote of voters that shall allow, if possible, for a deviation from a approximate average number of voters per mandate of no more than 15 percent. The approximate average number of voters per seat shall be determined as a quotient obtained as a result of the division of the total number of voters established in accordance with the data of the State Voter Register by the total composition of the respective local council.
A list of the established multi-member election districts shall be published no later than on the following day after the adoption of the decision on the establishment thereof in the manner determined by the territorial election commission, in accordance with the requirements of this code.
The approximate average number of voters in multi-member districts formed for the election of members of the village, settlement or city councils (of territorial communities with up to 10,000 voters) is determined by the territorial election commission on the basis of State Voter Register data on the number of eligible voters in the respective local elections submitted by the State Voter Register maintenance body to the territorial election commission no later than five days prior to the day of the commencement of the election process of the respective local elections.
The number of voters eligible to vote in the respective local elections shall be determined as of the first day of the month preceding the month in which the election process of the respective local elections commences.
