Territorial Organization of Elections of Members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea

1. A system of territorial organization of elections of members of council consists of:

1) a single republican multi-member election district;

2) territorial election districts;

3) election precincts.

2. A single republican multi-member election district shall include the territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.

3. Territorial election districts in the election of members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea shall be established by the Election Commission of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea no later than on the second day of the election process, in compliance with the principle of continuity of boundaries (adjacency of territories) of such districts. The Election Commission of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea shall, in the same decision, assign the numbers to territorial election districts.

4. A tentative number of territorial election districts specified in Part three of this Article shall be determined as a quotient obtained as a result of the division of the quantitative composition of the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea by 10. When establishing multi-member election districts, the deviation from their tentative average number shall be no more than two districts. The territory of a rayon or a city of republican subordination shall not be divided between two districts. More than one multi-member election district may be formed in the territory of a city of republican subordination in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.

5. The Election Commission of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea shall publish a decision on establishing territorial election districts, with an indication of the number of each such district, in the regional printed mass media, no later than the second day following the establishment thereof.