(1) By 15 October in the year preceding a general election, the central organ managing the register of the personal data and address of citizens shall transmit to the National Election Office the data on the number of inhabitants of settlements, counties and the capital as of 1 September. The National Election Office shall inform, within three days, the heads of local and regional election offices of the number of inhabitants.

(2) The heads of the local election offices and regional election offices, except the capital election office, shall by 31 October in the year preceding the general election determine in a conclusive decision the number of members to be elected to the representative body and the general assembly, respectively.