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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: For Legislative Assembly effects, the administrative territorial division is used. Each of the seven provinces constitutes an electoral district. However, the Supreme Tribunal of Elections (TSE) is empowered to divide an administrative district in two or three parts for election purposes.
Source: Electoral Law: “Ley 8765: Código Electoral”, art. 143: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/americas/CR/costa-rica-ley-8765-codigo-electoral-2018.pdf/ Electoral circumscriptions: "División territorial electoral que regirá para las elecciones del 4 de febrero de 2018": http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/americas/CR/costa-rica-decreto-7-2017-division-territorial-electoral.pdf/
Verified: 2018/01/24
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BD003

Criteria for drawing boundaries
Question:On what criteria are the boundaries drawn?
Answer(s): c. Compactness of constituencies
Comments: Existing provincial boundaries are used.
Source: Electoral Law: “Ley 8765: Código Electoral”, art. 143: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/americas/CR/costa-rica-ley-8765-codigo-electoral-2018.pdf/ Electoral circumscriptions: "División territorial electoral que regirá para las elecciones del 4 de febrero de 2018": http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/americas/CR/costa-rica-decreto-7-2017-division-territorial-electoral.pdf/
Verified: 2018/01/24
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BD005

Body responsible for drawing boundaries
Question:The body responsible for drawing the boundaries is:
Answer(s): c. Executive
g. Other
Comments: Existing provincial boundaries are used.
Source: Electoral Law: “Ley 8765: Código Electoral”, art. 143: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/americas/CR/costa-rica-ley-8765-codigo-electoral-2018.pdf/ Electoral circumscriptions: "División territorial electoral que regirá para las elecciones del 4 de febrero de 2018": http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/americas/CR/costa-rica-decreto-7-2017-division-territorial-electoral.pdf/
Verified: 2018/01/24
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