
Territorial electoral commission - an electoral commission of oblasts (cities of republican status, the capital), district, city, district in the city, which controls accuracy of the voter registers.
Precinct electoral commission - an electoral commission that, if need arises, enters changes on the voter register upon the release of the register for the voters’ awareness, notifying the higher level election commission.
Territorial election commissions shall be formed by the Central Election Commission, and precinct election commissions - by the respective territorial election commissions.
The composition of election commissions, except for the Central Election Commission, shall be formed by the respective maslikhats.
The term of office of election commissions shall be five years.
Members of territorial and district election commissions shall be elected by the relevant maslikhats on the basis of proposals from political parties.
Each political party shall have the right to recommend one candidate to the relevant election commission. A political party shall have the right to recommend to the election commission the candidates who are not members of this political party.
In the absence of proposals from political parties within the time limit set by the maslikhat, which must be at least fifteen days before the date of formation of election commissions, maslikhats shall elect an election commission at the recommendation of other public associations and higher election commissions.
Persons, recommended to the election commission, shall enclose statements of consent to participate in its work. The chairman, deputy chairman, secretary of the election commission shall be elected at a meeting of the election commission.
The formation of a new composition of election commissions shall begin no later than two months and shall end no later than three days before the end of the term of office of election commissions.
The bodies forming the composition of election commissions shall be entitled to make changes in their composition during the term of office of election commissions.