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Delimitación de distritos

Niue Niue

BD001

Delimitation of constituencies


PreguntaAre constituencies delimited for election purposes?
Answer: a.
Respuestas 14 village constituencies established by the Constitution.
Fuente Constitution, Art. 16 (2-3).
Verificado 2014/06/23
BD003

Criteria for drawing boundaries


PreguntaOn what criteria are the boundaries drawn?
Respuestas a. "Equality" of population
f. Communities of interest/cultural concerns
Respuestas "Any determination or redetermination of the boundaries of any village constituency shall, so far as practicable, having due regard to local community interest, be made in accordance with the principle that the number of electors in that village constituency should not be substantially greater or smaller than the number of electors in any other village constituency."
Fuente Constitution, Art. 16 (3).
Verificado 2014/06/23
BD005

Body responsible for drawing boundaries


PreguntaThe body responsible for drawing the boundaries is:
Respuestas a. Legislature (1st chamber)
Respuestas The Constitution allows for constituencies to be modified by law, though there must always be 14 constituencies respecting traditional communities of interest and must have relatively equal populations.
Fuente Constitution, Art. 16; Niue Assembly Act 1966, as amended, Sec. 5.
Verificado 2014/06/23
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