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Article 96
 

Holding Of Elections Of Deputies Of Local Councils Of Deputies In Newly Formed Territorial Administrative Units

 

Elections of deputies of local Councils of Deputies in newly formed territorial administrative units shall be held in cases when the formation of a local Council of Deputies is impossible in view of the absence or insufficient number of deputies elected for the local Council in the territory included into the newly formed territorial administrative unit. In this case the number of electoral districts to be formed for elections of the local Council of Deputies in the newly formed territorial administrative unit and the average number of electors in the electoral district on elections of this local Council of Deputies shall be established by the respective superior local Council of Deputies and the territorial electoral commission for elections of the local of the local Council of Deputies shall be formed by the superior state bodies according to the procedure established by Article 34 of this Code.

 

Elections shall be appointed by the President of the Republic of Belarus and held according to the procedure established by this Code.

 

In case of elections of deputies of the Oblast Council of Deputies in a newly formed Oblast the number of electoral districts to be formed and the average number of electors per electoral district shall be established by the Central Commission. The Oblast territorial and the district electoral commissions shall also be formed by the Central Commission.