MEC shall be composed of: President and four members of the permanent composition and one authorised representative of each submitter of candidate list.

The political party candidate, i.e. submitter of candidate list which won the highest number of councillor mandates at previous elections, shall be appointed as the President of MEC.

If a coalition candidate list won the highest number of mandates at previous elections, the candidate of the political party which won the highest number of councillor mandates within the coalition shall be appointed as the President of MEC.

The Secretary of MEC is appointed on the proposal of parliamentary opposition.

The opposition election list which won the highest number of councillor mandates at previous elections shall appoint a candidate as the Secretary of MEC.

The Secretary is responsible for implementation of administrative duties as  stipulated by electoral legislation.

Two members of permanent composition of MEC shall be appointed on the proposal of parliamentary opposition.

The representatives of opposition candidate lists in the respective Municipal Assembly shall be appointed as members of the permanent composition of the MEC, in proportion to the number of mandates won, and in case of the same number of mandates won at previous elections the advantage is given to the election list with the highest number of votes.

If there is only one opposition candidate list in the respective Municipal Assembly, both members of the permanent composition of the MEC are appointed on the proposal of this opposition candidate list.

The President and members of MEC in permanent composition shall have their deputies appointed.

Authorised representative of the submitter of a candidate list may have a deputy.

The President and members of the commission, as well as authorised representatives of submitters of candidate lists, in case of their absence or inability to attend, shall be replaced by their deputies in performing activities and tasks.

The President of the Commission, his or her Deputy and Secretary, as well as members of the permanent commission and their deputies, shall be graduated lawyers.