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Election Obligations & Standards Database

Summary

Equal suffrage is best achieved by assigning the same number of voters to each representative.


Obligations

  • Equal Suffrage

Election Parts

  • Electoral System and Boundary Delimitation

Issues

  • Criteria for Boundary Appointment

Criteria

  • Each vote was of equal weight
  • Where variances occurred between the number of voters in various constituencies, they were small

Quotes

  • Equal voting power: seats must be evenly distributed between the constituencies.It entails a clear and balanced distribution of seats among constituencies on the basis of one of the following allocation criteria: population, number of resident nationals (including minors), number of registered voters, and possibly the number of people actually voting. An appropriate combination of these criteria may be envisaged.
  • ...[T]he number of representatives for each district should be proportional to the size of the electorate.
EOS EOS

Election Obligations & Standards Database

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