State Election Commission shall be composed of: President and ten members in the permanent composition and one authorised representative of each submitter of candidate lists.

The President of the SEC shall be appointed by the Parliament, at proposal of the working body of the Parliament responsible for election and appointments, after previously conducted public call.

Four members of the permanent composition of the SEC shall be appointed at proposal of the parliamentary majority.

Four members of the permanent composition of the SEC, out of which one is Secretary, shall be appointed upon the proposal of the parliamentary opposition.

One member of the permanent composition of the SEC is appointed representative of political party, i.e. submitter of candidate list for authentic representation of the members of a minority nation or minority national community which won the highest number of votes at previous elections, and his or her deputy shall be the representative of some other minority nation or minority national community.

One member of the permanent composition of the SEC is appointed by the Parliament, upon proposal of the working body of the Parliament responsible for election and appointments, as a representative of the civil society, non-governmental sector and universities, with expertise in the area of election legislation, after previously conducted public call.

The permanent member described in paragraph 6 of this Article may not be the person appointed if he or she performed duty of the member of political party in the last 10 (ten) years.

The permanent member described in paragraph 6 of this Article shall be the person who published scientific articles and papers on the topic of electoral process, who has achieved public recognition in this area and who participated in domestic or international observation of the electoral process.

In the process of determining proposal, the working body of the Parliament responsible for election and appointments shall be aware of recommendations of the organizations which dealt with creating electoral legislation and observation of the electoral processes in the last 5 (five) years.

The members of the permanent composition upon proposal of the parliamentary majority and/or the opposition shall be appointed representatives of the candidate lists 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 party with the highest number of votes.

In the case there is only one candidate list or one opposition candidate list in the Parliament, which constitutes parliamentary majority, all four members of the permanent composition of the SEC shall be appointed at proposal of this candidate list.

Members of the permanent composition of the SEC appointed at proposal of the parliamentary majority and/or parliamentary opposition shall have their deputies appointed.

In case of absence, the President of the SEC shall be replaced by the member of the permanent composition of the SEC specified by him or her.

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

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

Members of the SEC, their deputies and authorised representatives of submitters of candidate lists of the Commission shall be appointed from out of graduated lawyers.

The President of the SEC shall be graduated lawyer and shall have at least 10 (ten) years of work experience in this field, and may not be the member of political party body in the last 3 (three) years.