System of Election Commissions in Local Elections

1. Preparation for and conduct of the local elections shall be carried out by a system of election commissions consisting of the following:

1) the Central Election Commission, which shall be the highest-level election commission for all election commissions in all local elections; 2)territorial election commissions:

a) the Election Commission of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea;

b) oblast election commissions;

c) rayon election commissions;

d) city election commissions;

e) rayon in city election commissions (in cities with rayon division);

f) settlement and village election commissions;

Rayon in city election commissions in cities with rayon division, in which city rayon councils are not been formed, shall be formed to ensure the exercise of powers provided for in this Code in the respective election district in the elections of local council and city mayors.

[According to fourth paragraph of point 6 of section II of the Law of Ukraine of 16.07.2020 reg. nr. 805-IX, paragraph 11 of Part 1 of Article 202 is not applied in the establishment of rayon in city territorial election commissions in cities with rayon division with 2 million persons or more].

2. The powers of election commissions to prepare and conduct local elections shall extend to: 1) the Central Election Commission – in the entire territory of Ukraine;

2) a territorial election commission – in the territory of the respective election district or part of an election district within the administrative-territorial unit with respect to the corresponding local elections;

3) a precinct election commission – in the territory of the respective election precinct with respect to each local election held within its territory.

3. Decisions of the Central Election Commission adopted within its powers shall be binding for all subjects of the election process, including territorial and precinct election commissions, as well as state executive bodies, state bodies of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, and local selfgovernment bodies, their civil servants and officials, public associations, enterprises, institutions, and organizations.


4. The powers of a territorial election commission of a territorial community, which has joined another territorial community, shall be deem terminated from the moment of the adoption by a village or settlement council of a decision to join another territorial community. The powers with respect to the conduct of supplementary election shall be exercised by the territorial election commission, formed in the territory of the territorial community, which is being joined by a territorial community.