District election commissions for the parliamentary elections in Belarus will be formed by September 2

District election commissions for the elections of deputies of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the seventh convocation in Belarus will be formed by September 2 inclusive. This was announced today to journalists by the Chairperson of the Central Election Commission, Lidiya Yarmoshyna.

The first stage of the election campaign is the formation of district, regional, and Minsk city election commissions. "Their formation will take place by September 2 inclusive," said Lidiya Yarmoshyna. The largest number of them will be in the capital - 21 (20 district and the Minsk city commission). The smallest number will be in the Grodno and Mogilev regions - 13 district commissions each and one regional commission each. She explained that candidates for parliamentary seats will be able to start submitting documents (primarily on the registration of initiative groups for collecting voters' signatures for nomination) after the formation of district election commissions, i.e., after September 2. Today, a meeting of the Central Commission is being held in Minsk, at which resolutions are being adopted on issues of preparation and conduct of elections to the National Assembly of Belarus of the 7th convocation. In particular, 110 electoral districts will be formed for the elections of deputies of the House of Representatives in Belarus. There are 16 in the Brest region, 14 in the Vitebsk region, 17 in the Gomel region, 13 in the Grodno region, 17 in the Minsk region, 13 in the Mogilev region, and 20 in Minsk. The number of districts has not changed compared to 2016. In 2019, the average number of voters per district was 62.9 thousand people. In addition, the calendar plans for organizational measures for the elections to the House of Representatives and the Council of the Republic have been approved.

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