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Boundary Delimitation

Malaysia Malaysia

BD001

Delimitation of constituencies
Question:Are constituencies delimited for election purposes?
Answer: a. Yes
Comments: For the election of members to the House of Representatives a unit of review shall be divided into constituencies. The total number of constituencies shall be equal to the number of members, so that one member shall be elected for each constituency, and of that total in the States of Malaya a number shall be allocated to each State.
Source: Constitution, Art. 116: http://confinder.richmond.edu/admin/docs/malaysia.pdf (2013)
Verified: 2013/03/21
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BD003

Criteria for drawing boundaries
Question:On what criteria are the boundaries drawn?
Answer(s): a. "Equality" of population
b. Respecting natural barriers
c. Compactness of constituencies
d. Conformity with local jurisdiction boundaries
e. Geographic size of district
g. Other
Comments: The following principles shall as far as possible be taken into account in dividing any unit of review into constituencies: (a) while having regard to the desirability of giving all electors reasonably convenient opportunities of going to the polls, constituencies ought to be delimited so that they do not cross State boundaries and regard ought to be had to the inconvenience of State constituencies crossing the boundaries of federal constituencies; (b) regard ought to be to the administrative facilities available within the constituencies for the establishment of the necessary registration and polling machines; (c) the number of electors within each constituency in a State ought to be approximately equal except that, having regard to the greater difficulty of reaching electors in the country districts and the other disadvantages facing rural constituencies, a measure of weight-age for area ought to be given to such constituencies; (d) regard ought to be had to the inconveniences attendant on alterations of constituencies, and to the maintenance of local ties.
Source: Constitution, schedule 13, art. 2: http://confinder.richmond.edu/admin/docs/malaysia.pdf (2013)
Verified: 2013/03/21
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BD005

Body responsible for drawing boundaries
Question:The body responsible for drawing the boundaries is:
Answer(s): e. Electoral Management Body (EMB)
Comments: Where the Election Commission have provisionally determined to make recommendations affecting any constituency, they shall inform the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Prime Minister accordingly, and shall publish in the Gazette and in at least on newspaper circulating in the constituency a notice stating.
Source: Constitution, schedule 13, art. 4: http://confinder.richmond.edu/admin/docs/malaysia.pdf (2013)
Verified: 2013/03/21
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