Article 88. Elections to local Kengashes

Elections to local Kengashes shall be held in territorial single-member constituencies on a multi-party basis for a term of five years.

The number of seats in the regional and Tashkent city Kengashes of People's Deputies shall be determined by the relevant local Kengashes based on the population size as follows:

in territories with a population of up to two million people — from thirty to forty;

in territories with a population of two million to three million people — from forty to fifty;

in territories with a population of more than three million people — from fifty to sixty.

The number of seats in district and city Kengashes of People's Deputies shall be determined by the relevant local Kengashes based on the population size as follows:

in territories with a population of up to thirty thousand people — from ten to fifteen;

in territories with a population of thirty thousand to one hundred thousand people — from fifteen to twenty;

in territories with a population of one hundred thousand to three hundred thousand people — from twenty to twenty-five;

in territories with a population of more than three hundred thousand people — from twenty-five to thirty.

Based on territorial and other local conditions, the number of deputy seats in the regional, Tashkent city, district and city Kengashes of People's Deputies may be amended by the Senate within the limits of the norms established by parts two and three of this Article.

In the event of the transfer of the territory of an electoral district to another administrative-territorial unit or the formation of a new administrative-territorial unit on its territory, the powers of the deputy elected from this electoral district shall be retained. In this case, the deputy shall be a member of the Kengash of People's Deputies located on the territory of the electoral district or the Kengash of People's Deputies formed on the newly formed administrative-territorial unit, and the term of office of the deputy shall correspond to the term of office of this Kengash of People's Deputies. In such cases, an increase or decrease in the number of deputy seats from the norm established in parts two and three of this article may be allowed.

Elections to local Kengashes in newly formed administrative-territorial units shall be held for a period not exceeding the period remaining until the next general elections to regional, district and city Kengashes of People's Deputies.