Territorial Organization of Elections of Members of Oblast, Rayon, Rayon in City, City, Village and Settlement Councils (of Territorial Communities with 10,000 or More Voters)

1. The system of territorial organization of elections of members of oblast, rayon, rayon in city, city, village and settlement councils (of territorial communities with 10,000 or more voters) consists of:

1) a unified multi-member election district;

2) territorial election districts; 3)election precincts.

2. A unified multi-member election district shall include the territory of the respective oblast, rayon, rayon in city, city, village or settlement.


3. Territorial election districts in elections of members of oblast, rayon, rayon in city councils as well as city, village or settlement councils (of territorial communities with 10,000 or more voters) shall be established by the respective oblast, rayon, rayon in city, city, village or settlement election commission no later than on the second day of the election process, in compliance with the principle of contiguous boundaries (adjacency of territories) of such districts. When making the above decision, the respective election commission shall assign numbers to the multi-member election districts.


4. The approximate number of territorial districts, specified in Part three of this Article, shall be established as a quotient obtained as a result of the division of the total composition of the respective council by 10. When establishing such districts, the deviation from their approximate average number must no be no more than two districts.


5. When forming territorial election districts for the elections of members of the city council of a city with a rayon division, territorial election districts shall be formed, if possible, within the limits of the respective rayons in city.

The boundaries of a territorial election district formed in a city with a rayon division may not include parts of territories of different rayons in city.

More than one territorial district may be formed within the boundaries of a city rayon.

The boundaries of a territorial district for the election of members of the city council of a city with a rayon division may include several adjacent rayons in city.

6. In the formation of territorial election districts for the election of members of the oblast council, such election districts shall be formed, if possible, within the respective rayons and cities of oblast significance that are part of the oblast.

Such election districts may not consist of parts of territories of different rayons and cities of oblast significance, or of a rayon and a part of a city, or of a part of a rayon and a city of oblast significance, except for cases when territorial election districts are formed within an amalgamated territorial community, which includes the territorial communities of adjacent rayons or an adjacent rayon and city of oblast significance. More than one territorial election district may be formed on the territory of a city of oblast significance and a rayon.

The boundaries of a territorial district for the election of members of an oblast council may include several adjacent rayons and cities of oblast significance.

7. The respective election commission shall publish the decision on the formation of multimember election districts together with an indication of the number of each such district no later than on the day following the establishment thereof, in accordance with the requirements of this Code.