The Central Election Commission (CEC), a permanent organization designed specially to be in charge of election-related affairs, is responsible for overseeing national and local elections. The CEC-charged election commissions set up at the level of special municipality, county and city are responsible for administering elections at each respective level.

To guarantee impartiality in elections, all commissions are operated in the form of a collegiate system. According to the Organizational Act of the Central Election Commission enacted in July 2008, the commission is headed by a chairperson, vice chairperson and consists of 9 commissioners who, after nomination by the Premier and ratification by the parliament.  Members serve a term of four years, and five of them are renewed every two years.  Individuals from any single political party shall not constitute more than one-third of the commission. In local commissions, the number cannot exceed half.