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Boundary Delimitation

Afghanistan Afghanistan

BD001

Delimitation of constituencies
Question:Are constituencies delimited for election purposes?
Answer: b. No, existing regional/provincial/other boundaries are used
Comments: One one constituency exists for presidential elections, while provincial boundaries are used for provincial council or Wolesi Jirga elections.
Source: Article 10.1, Election Law (2014) http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2381_B.htm
Verified: 2019/09/24
BD003

Criteria for drawing boundaries
Question:On what criteria are the boundaries drawn?
Answer(s): h. Not applicable
Comments:
Source: Article 11, Election Law (2014) http://www.afghanembassy.com.pl/afg/images/pliki/TheConstitution.pdf
Verified: 2019/09/24
BD005

Body responsible for drawing boundaries
Question:The body responsible for drawing the boundaries is:
Answer(s): f. A government department or agency
Comments: Disputes over dependency of a village to a province or a district, due to delimitation of electoral boundaries of provincial and district constituencies, shall be resolved by the Commission to the Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) for a decision.
Source: Afghan Electoral Law, art. 11: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/asia/AF/afghanistan-election-law-2014-english/view (2014). http://www.afghanembassy.com.pl/afg/images/pliki/TheConstitution.pdf
Verified: 2019/09/24
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