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Boundary Delimitation

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BD001

Delimitation of constituencies
Question:Are constituencies delimited for election purposes?
Answer: b. No, existing regional/provincial/other boundaries are used
Comments: The Electoral Law requires that electoral constituencies be defined by law. However, until the law on boundary delimitation is passed, the same division of electoral constituencies and number of seats adopted for the election of the National Constituent Assembly shall be used. Therefore, there are 33 constituencies, including 27 constituencies within the county and 6 constituencies abroad.
Source: Organic Law n° 2014-16 of 26 May 2014 on Elections and Referenda, art. 106, 173: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/TN/tunisia-organic-law-on-elections-and-referenda/view (2014); Legislative decree No 35 of 10 May 2011, on the election of a National Constituent Assembly, art. 33: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/TN/tunisia-decree-no.-35-dated-10-may-on-the-election/view (2014); Decree n° 2011-1088 of 3 August 2011 on the delimitation of electoral constituencies and the determination of the number of seats allocated to them for the election of National Constituent Assembly: http://www.legislation-securite.tn/sites/default/files/D%C3%A9cret%20n%C2%B0%202011-1088%20du%203%20Ao%C3%BBt%202011%20(Fr).pdf (2014)
Verified: 2019/08/05
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BD003

Criteria for drawing boundaries
Question:On what criteria are the boundaries drawn?
Answer(s): a. "Equality" of population
d. Conformity with local jurisdiction boundaries
Comments: The Electoral Law requires that electoral constituencies be defined by law. However, until the law on boundary delimitation is passed, the same division of electoral constituencies and number of seats adopted for the election of the National Constituent Assembly shall be used. Each governorate shall represent one or more constituencies but the number of seats allocated thereto, shall not exceed 10. Two additional seats shall be allocated to the governorates counting less than 270.000 inhabitants. An additional seat shall be allocated to the governorates counting between 270.000 and 500.000 inhabitants. According to these criteria, there are 33 constituencies, including 27 constituencies within the county and 6 constituencies abroad.
Source: Organic Law n° 2014-16 of 26 May 2014 on Elections and Referenda, art. 106, 173: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/TN/tunisia-organic-law-on-elections-and-referenda/view (2014); Legislative decree No 35 of 10 May 2011, on the election of a National Constituent Assembly, art. 33: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/TN/tunisia-decree-no.-35-dated-10-may-on-the-election/view (2014); Decree n° 2011-1088 of 3 August 2011 on the delimitation of electoral constituencies and the determination of the number of seats allocated to them for the election of National Constituent Assembly: http://www.legislation-securite.tn/sites/default/files/D%C3%A9cret%20n%C2%B0%202011-1088%20du%203%20Ao%C3%BBt%202011%20(Fr).pdf (2014).
Verified: 2019/08/05
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BD005

Body responsible for drawing boundaries
Question:The body responsible for drawing the boundaries is:
Answer(s): g. Other
Comments: The Electoral Law requires that constituencies be defined by law. However, until the law on boundary delimitation is passed, the same division of electoral constituencies and number of seats adopted for the election of the National Constituent Assembly shall be used.
Source: Organic Law n° 2014-16 of 26 May 2014 on Elections and Referenda, art. 106, 173: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/TN/tunisia-organic-law-on-elections-and-referenda/view (2014); Legislative decree No 35 of 10 May 2011, on the election of a National Constituent Assembly, art. 33: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/TN/tunisia-decree-no.-35-dated-10-may-on-the-election/view (2014); Decree n° 2011-1088 of 3 August 2011 on the delimitation of electoral constituencies and the determination of the number of seats allocated to them for the election of National Constituent Assembly: http://www.legislation-securite.tn/sites/default/files/D%C3%A9cret%20n%C2%B0%202011-1088%20du%203%20Ao%C3%BBt%202011%20(Fr).pdf (2014).
Verified: 2019/08/05
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