Territorial Election Districts

1. The Central Election Commission shall establish territorial election districts (hereinafter, territorial districts) that shall exist on a permanent basis for preparation, administration and conduct of the national elections.

The procedure for creation of such territorial districts, changes of their boundaries and centers shall be established by the Central Election Commission.

2. Territorial districts shall be created within the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the oblasts, the cities of Kyiv and Sevastopol.

3. The boundaries of territorial districts shall be defined with due consideration of boundaries of administrative and territorial units.

It shall not be allowed to create a territorial district from territories that do not border on each other.

4. A territorial district shall be defined by the territory within which the election precincts that are part of it are located.

5. The center of the territorial district is the administrative and territorial unit at the location of the district election commission.

In exceptional cases, in order to ensure the proper organization of the work of the district election commission, its location may be changed by the Central Election Commission and may be established outside the boundaries of the respective territorial district.

6. When forming a territorial district, the decision with regard to its center shall be made.

7. The boundaries and center of a territorial district shall be changed by the Central Election Commission.