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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: Art. 10. – For the organisation of elections, they shall set up constituencies at the level of the 41 counties, one constituency in the municipality of Bucharest, and one separate constituency for the Romanians with the domicile or residence outside the country. The total number of constituencies shall be of 43.
Source: Electoral Law: Law No. 35 of 13 March 2008 for the election to the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, art. 10 & Annex 1. https://www.legislationline.org/download/id/4224/file/ROM%20Election%20Laws_en.pdf
Verified: 2020/08/22
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BD003

Criteria for drawing boundaries


Question:On what criteria are the boundaries drawn?
Answer(s): a. "Equality" of population
Comments: Art. 11. – (1) Within each of the 43 constituencies they shall set up uninominal colleges based on the norm of representation, as follows: a) the number of uninominal colleges for the Chamber of Deputies, for the Senate respectively, shall be set by relating the number of inhabitants of each constituency to the norms of representation stipulated in article 5 (2) and (3), to which they add a college of Deputy, respectively of Senator for what exceeds the half of the norm of representation, without the number of the colleges of Deputy in a constituency being less than 4, and that of Senator being less than 2; Regulations on the Elections to the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate b) the number of inhabitants taken into account at the calculation of the number of uninominal colleges which is delimitated within each county shall be stipulated in article 5 (4).
Source: Electoral Law: Law No. 35 of 13 March 2008 for the election to the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, art. 11 & Annex 1. https://www.legislationline.org/download/id/4224/file/ROM%20Election%20Laws_en.pdf
Verified: 2020/08/22
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BD005

Body responsible for drawing boundaries


Question:The body responsible for drawing the boundaries is:
Answer(s): h. Not applicable
Comments:
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