Chapter II
NUMBER OF THE PEOPLE'S COUNCIL DEPUTIES, ELECTION UNITS AND POLLING STATIONS
Article 9.- The number of deputies to the People's Councils of each level shall be determined as follows:
1. For the commune, ward and township People's Councils:
a/ For delta communes and townships with four thousand inhabitants or less each, twenty five deputies shall be elected, for those with more than four thousand inhabitants each, one additional deputy shall be elected for an addition of two thousand inhabitants, but the total number of deputies shall not exceed thirty five.
b/ For mountainous and island communes and townships with between two thousand and under three thousand inhabitants each, twenty five deputies shall be elected, for those with more than three thousand inhabitants each, one additional deputy shall be elected for an addition of one thousand inhabitants, but the total number of deputies shall not exceed thirty five; for communes and townships with between one thousand and under two thousand inhabitants each, nineteen deputies shall be elected; and for communes and townships with less than one thousand inhabitants each, fifteen deputies shall be elected;
c/ For wards with eight thousand inhabitants or less each, twenty five deputies shall be elected, for those with more than eight thousand inhabitants each, one additional deputy shall be elected for an addition of four thousand inhabitants, but the total number of deputies shall not exceed thirty five;
2. For the People's Councils of rural and urban districts as well as provincial towns and cities:
a/ For delta rural districts and urban districts with eighty thousand inhabitants or less each, thirty deputies shall be elected, for those with more than eighty thousand inhabitants each, one additional deputy shall be elected for an addition of ten thousand inhabitants, but the total number of deputies shall not exceed forty;
b/ For mountainous and island rural districts with forty thousand inhabitants or less each, thirty deputies shall be elected; for those with more than forty thousand inhabitants, one additional deputy shall be elected for an addition of five thousand inhabitants, but the total number of deputies shall not exceed forty;
c/ For provincial towns with seventy thousand inhabitants or less each, thirty deputies shall be elected; for those with more than seventy thousand inhabitants, one additional deputy shall be elected for an addition of ten thousand inhabitants, but the total number of deputies shall not exceed forty;
d/ For provincial cities with one hundred thousand inhabitants or less each, thirty deputies shall be elected; for those with more than one hundred thousand inhabitants, one additional deputy shall be elected for an addition of ten thousand inhabitants, but the total number of deputies shall not exceed forty;
e/ For rural and urban districts as well as provincial towns and cities prescribed at Points a, b, c and d, Clause 2 of this Article, which have thirty dependent administrative units or more each, more than forty deputies shall be elected; the specific number thereof shall be decided by the National Assembly Standing Committee at the proposals of the standing bodies of the People's Councils of the provinces and centrally-run cities;
3. For the People's Councils of the provinces and centrally-run cities:
a/ For delta provinces and centrally-run cities with one million inhabitants or less each, fifty deputies shall be elected; for those with more than one million inhabitants, one additional deputy shall be elected for an addition of fifty thousand inhabitants, but the total number of deputies shall not exceed eighty five;
b/ For mountainous provinces with five hundred thousand inhabitants or less each, fifty deputies shall be elected; for those with more than five hundred thousand inhabitants, one additional deputy shall be elected for an addition of thirty thousand inhabitants, but the total number of deputies shall not exceed eighty five;
c/ For Hanoi capital as well as provinces and other centrally-run cities with more than three million inhabitants each, no more than ninety five deputies shall be elected.
Article 10.- Deputies to the People's Councils of all levels shall be elected according to the election units. Each unit for election of deputies to the People's Council may elect no more than five deputies.
Article 11.- The number of units for election of deputies to the People's Councils of the provinces and centrally-run cities (hereinafter referred collectively to as the provincial-level), as well as the lists of units and the number of deputies to be elected by each unit shall be determined by the provincial-level People's Committees and ratified by the Government.
The number of units for election of deputies to the People's Councils of rural and urban districts as well as provincial towns and cities (hereinafter referred collectively to as the district-level), communes, wards and district townships (hereinafter referred collectively to as the commune-level), the lists of units and the number of deputies to be elected by each unit shall be determined by the People's Committees of the same levels and ratified by the immediate superior People's Committees.
Article 12.- The list of units for election of deputies to the People's Council of any level shall be sent by the People's Committee of such level to the Election Council of the same level. At least fifty days before the election day, the Election Council shall publicize the list of election units.
Article 13.- Each election unit shall be divided into many polling stations. Each polling station shall have between three hundred and four thousand voters.
For mountainous and island areas as well as regions where inhabitants live scatteredly, one polling station may be set up even though there are not enough three hundred voters.
The division of polling stations for election of deputies to the People's Councils of all levels shall be determined by the commune-level People's Committees and ratified by the immediate superior People's Committees.
The people's armed force units shall set up separate polling stations.
Hospitals, sanatoriums, maternity homes and nursing homes for the disabled with fifty voters or more may set up separate polling stations.
Education camps and medical establishments reserved for people who are serving decisions on handling administrative violations may set up separate polling stations.
Article 14.- On the basis of the number of the deputies to be elected to the People's Councils, after consulting with the Standing Board of Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee and the People's Committees of the same levels, at least ninety five days before the election day:
1. The standing bodies of the provincial- and district-level People's Councils shall make the proposition on the proportion, composition and number of People's Council deputies to be elected from political organizations, socio-political organizations, social organizations, economic organizations, people's armed force units and State agencies of the same levels and administrative units of lower levels, ensuring the appropriate number of female deputies to the People's Councils; for localities with many ethnic minority groups, it is necessary to ensure the appropriate number of People's Council deputies being ethnic minority people.
2. The standing bodies of the commune-level People's Councils shall make proposition on the proportion, composition and number of People's Council deputies to be elected from political organizations, socio-political organizations, social organizations, economic organizations, people's armed force units and State agencies of the same levels as well as hamlets and villages (hereinafter referred collectively to as hamlets), population groups, populations quarters and clusters (hereinafter referred collectively to as population groups) in their respective localities, ensuring the appropriate number of female deputies to the People's Councils; for localities with many ethnic minority groups, it is necessary to ensure the appropriate number of People's Council deputies being ethnic minority people.
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