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Article 18
 

National and Territorial Election Districts

 

1.    Elections of deputies shall be held in the all-national multi-mandate constituency comprising the whole territory of Ukraine and the foreign election district.

 

2.    For holding of elections of deputies, the territory of Ukraine shall be divided into 225 territorial election districts. The number of such election districts in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, oblasts, cities of Kyiv and Sevastopol (hereinafter referred to as regions) shall be determined by the Central Election Commission, taking into account their administrative and territorial arrangement. Territorial election districts shall be created with approximately the same number of polling stations based on the number of polling stations created during the previous regular elections of the President of Ukraine or elections of people's deputies of Ukraine, A territorial election district shall comprise one or several rayons, and/or towns. More than one territorial election district may be created on the territory of big cities. It is not allowed to include parts of territories of two or more regions into one territorial election district.

 

3.    The out of country election district shall include all polling stations abroad created in accordance with Article 22 of this Law.

 

4.    The Central Election Commissions shall make a decision on creation of territorial election districts no later than 110 days before Election Day.

 

5.    The Central Election Commissions shall publish a decision to establish territorial election districts with indication of their numbers, boundaries and district centers in state-owned printed media within three days after passing the respective decision, and in regional printed media within seven days after the day of passage of this decision.