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Boundary Delimitation

Country: Papua New Guinea

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Are constituencies delimited for election purposes?

a. Yes

Source: Constitution of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea Section 125.

The authority responsible for final approval of the constituency boundaries is:

a. The legislature (national/subnational)

Comments: The legislature can only accept or reject suggestions from the Boundaries Commission, and may not alter the Commissions report

Source: Constitution of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea Section 125 clause 3.

On what criteria are the boundaries drawn?

a. "Equality" of population

d. Conformity with local jurisdiction boundaries

Source: Organic Law on National and Local-level Government Elections (1997) Sections 34 and 35.

If population is a criterion, which population figure is used?

a. Total population

Source: Organic Law on National and Local-level Government Elections (1997) Section 36

The body responsible for drawing the boundaries is:

c. Boundary Commission

Source: Organic Law on National and Local-level Government Elections (1997) Section 35.

What statistical or other reasons trigger the redrawing of electoral constituency boundaries?

a. Changes in number of total population

k. Boundaries redrawn every____period of years

Comments: k. Every 10 years.

Source: Constitution of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea Section 125 clause 1. Papua New Guinea Electoral Commission

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