THE STRUCTURE OF THE ELECTORAL LAW OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Concepts «the electoral law», «the electoral legislation» are analyzed. The electoral law status in the legal system of Russia is defined. Structural elements of the electoral law – the general and the special parts – which basically contain in the Federal law «About the basic guarantees of suffrages and the rights to participation in a referendum of citizens of the Russian Federation», owing to what it is offered to refuse creation of the electoral code of the Russian Federation.