Article 19. Election Districts
1. Elections of the President of Ukraine are
shall be conducted in one nationwide single-mandate
election constituency that encompasses the
entire territory of Ukraine.
2. In order to conduct the elections, the
territory of Ukraine shall be divided into
225 territorial election districts. The number
of such districts in the Autonomous Republic
of Crimea, the oblasts, and cities of Kyiv
and Sevastopol shall be determined by the
Central Election Commission, taking into account
their administrative-territorial structure
and the number of voters on the basis of statistical
data submitted by a central executive body
in charge of statistics. A territorial election
district shall include one or more districts
[rayons ], cities, and city districts [rayons
in cities].
3. The decision to form territorial election
districts shall be adopted by the Central
Election Com ¬mis ¬sion no later than one
hundred and ten days prior to the day of elections.
Territorial election districts shall be formed
with an approximately equal number of voters.
4. The list of territorial election districts,
indicating their numbers, territorial boundaries
and centers of the districts, shall be published
by the Central Election Commission in official
mass media within three days from the day
it adopted the respective decision.
Article 20. Election Precincts
1. In order to conduct the vote and count
of votes at elections of the President of
Ukraine, the territory of villages, settlements,
cities and city districts , which are parts
of a territorial election district, shall
be divided into election precincts.
2. Election precincts may be ordinary, special
and foreign [abroad].
3. Ordinary election precincts shall be formed
to facilitate the voting of voters according
to their place of residence.
4. Special election precincts shall be formed
in stationary medical institutions, on board
vessels at sea under the State Flag of Ukraine
on the day of elections, at polar stations
of Ukraine, in institutions under the penitentiary
system, and other places of temporary stay
of voters with limited abilities of movement.
In exceptional cases, the Central Election
Commission upon a submission from the respective
territorial election commission may form special
election precincts at the territory of military
units (formations) located far from populated
areas.
5. Election precincts abroad shall be formed
at diplomatic and other official representations
and con ¬sular offices of Ukraine abroad,
and in military units (formations), dislocated
outside the boundaries of Ukraine.
6. The territorial election commissions shall
form ordinary election precincts upon a submission
from the executive committees of village,
settlement, city (in which there are no city
district councils), and city district councils,
and in case such bodies do not exist, upon
a proposal respectively from the village,
settlement , and city heads, from heads of
city district councils or from officials who
according to law exercise authorities on their
behalf. The territorial election commission
shall in the form of its decision establish
the boundaries of each ordinary election precinct,
the list of buildings included therein, as
well as the location of the polling station
election commission.
7. The territorial election commissions shall
form the special election precincts at the
location of the respective establishments
or institutions, or according to the place
of registration of the vessel or polar station.
8. The Central Election Commission shall form
s election precincts abroad upon a submission
from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.
Election precincts abroad shall constitute
a separate out-of-country election district.
9. Election precincts shall be formed with
a number of voters between 20 and 3000. If
the number of voters within the respective
territory or at the respective establishment
or institution is smaller or greater than
the specified limits of the number of voters,
and such voters (or their surplus) cannot
be attributed to another election precinct,
or if it is impossible to form an additional
election precinct within this territory, or
at the respective establishment or institutions,
an election precinct may be formed with a
smaller or greater number of voters.
10. Election precincts shall be formed no
later than fifty days prior to the day of
elections. In exceptional cases the Central
Election Commission may form a special or
foreign election precinct no later than seven
days prior to the day of elections upon a
submission from the respective territorial
election commission or the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of Ukraine.
11. In the form of its decision, the territorial
election commission shall establish a uniform
enumeration of the election precincts within
the boundaries of the territorial election
district and submit proposals to the Central
Election Commission as to the number of the
election precinct in case of formation of
a special election precinct according to parts
four and ten of this article.
12. Decisions of the territorial election
commission on the formation of election precincts
with an indication of their numbers, boundaries,
the approximate number of voters and the location
of the respective polling station election
commissions shall be published in the print
press no later than on the fifth day after
the day the decision was adopted. In case
a special or foreign election precinct is
formed according to part ten of this article,
the decision of the Central Election Commission
shall be published in the same order no later
than five days prior to the day of elections.
