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Article 21.Constituencies and their system
1. In the Republic of Kazakhstan the system of constituencies shall be formed and used at elections of maslikhat deputies, members of other local self-government bodies.
2. Constituencies shall be formed taking into account the territorial-administrative division of the Republic based on the principle of an approximately equal number of voters. In this case the difference in the number of voters in the constituency in the oblast, the city of the republican status and the capital of the Republic, district and the city shall not exceed fifteen percent of the average quantity of voters per each deputy’s mandate in the given administrative-territorial unit.
3. At elections of the President of the Republic and the deputies of Mazhilis to be elected on the basis of the party lists under the proportional representation system the whole territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan shall be considered as a single national constituency.
4. At elections of members of other local self-government bodies, single-member constituencies shall be formed with observance of conditions stipulated by clause 2 of this Article.
5. At elections of members of the local self-government bodies, multiple-member constituencies shall be formed, which shall cover the territories of urban and rural communities.
Article 21 includes the changes introduced by Constitutional Act of RK of 6 May 1999 No.375-I; 14 April 2004 No. 545-II; 19 June 2007 No. 268-III.
Article 22.Formation of the constituencies and delimitation of their borders
1. Constituencies shall be formed by territorial election commissions.
2. The list of the constituencies with indication of their borders and locations of district election commissions shall be published in local mass media by the corresponding election commissions not later than in ten days after appointment or announcement of elections.
3. Changes in the list of constituencies, determination of their borders and location of election commissions shall be made by the corresponding election commission.
Article 22 includes the changes introduced by the Constitutional Act of RK of 19 June 2007 No. 268-III.
Article 23. Formation of electoral districts
1. For the conduct of voting and vote count in districts and cities the corresponding akims shall take a decision to form electoral districts based on the approval of election commissions. The electoral districts shall be formed with the purpose to ensure and create maximum convenience for the voters and taking into account the 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 Act of RK of 14 April 2004 No. 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 rest houses, health resorts, medioprophilactic institutions; in places of citizens’ stay in the remote areas, in the distant pastures, in 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 corresponding akims within seven days (in case of conduct of elections of members of other local self-government bodies within three days after the appointment or announcement of the election) shall notify voters via mass media about the borders of the electoral district.
Article 23 includes the changes introduced by the Constitutional Act of RK of 6 May 1999 No.375-I; 14 April 2004 No.545; 15 April 2005 No. 44-III; 19 June 2007 No. 268-III; 9 February 2009 No.124-IV.
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