§ KZ Election Law Art. 23Formation of electoral districts

1. For the conduct of voting and counting of votes in districts and cities, by the decisions of the relevant akims in consultation with the territorial election commissions, the polling stations shall be formed. Polling stations shall be formed in order to create maximum convenience for voters and taking into account local and other conditions.
2. Electoral districts shall be formed taking into account the following conditions:
1) not more than three thousand voters per each electoral district;
2) observation of the borders of the administrative-territorial division within the administrative-territorial units;
3) (excluded by the Constitutional Law of RK dated April 14, 2004 № 545-II);
3. In the military units, on boards of the ships belonging to the Republic of Kazakhstan that on the Election Day are in navigation; in the rest houses, health resorts, medioprophilactic institutions; in the places of citizens’ stay in the remote and hard-to-reach areas, in the distant pastures, in the investigative wards and detention centers, the electoral districts shall be formed and included in the constituencies according to the place of their dislocation, port of registry of a vessel or disposition. The polling stations formed in the representations of the Republic of Kazakhstan in foreign states shall relate to the constituency in which territory the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic is located.
4. Formation of electoral districts shall be conducted by the corresponding akims and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic upon proposals of the captains of ships, commanders of military units or body of troops, heads of establishments mentioned in clause 3 of this Article.
5. The relevant akims, within fifteen days, and during the election of members of other local government bodies, - within seven days after the appointment or announcement of elections, shall notify voters through the media about the boundaries of polling stations.
Footnote. Article 23 is with the changes introduced by the Constitutional Laws of RK dated May 6, 1999 № 375-I; April 14, 2004 № 545; April 15, 2005 № 44-III; June 19, 2007 № 268-III; February 9, 2009 № 124-IV (the order of enactment see Art. 2); dated 29.06.2018 № 162-VI (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication).
Chapter 4. Registers of voters (electors)