§ Art. IV-198Territorial Organization of Elections of Members of the Verkhovna Rada of the

Autonomous Republic of Crimea
 1. The system of territorial organization of the elections of its members consists of:
 1) a single republican multi-member election district;
 2) territorial election districts;
 3) election precincts.
 2. The single republican multi-member election district includes the respective 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 contiguous boundaries (adjacency of territories) of such districts.
The Election Commission of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea shall, in the same decision,
assign numbers to the territorial election districts.
 4. The approximate 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 approximate 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 together with an indication of the number of each such

 

district in the regional print mass media no later than on the second day following the establishment
thereof.