Boundary Delimitation

Singapore: Map of Electoral Divisions

Singapore currently has a total of 23 electoral divisions or constituencies.

United States: Census Population Data for Electoral Redistricting

Example of Public Law 94-171 Population Data: 1990 Census of Population And Housing, Virginia Beach, USA

United States: Census Maps

This file presents samples of the County Block Maps for Boone County, Missouri

United States: Election Laws from various States (1996)

the file features election laws from the states of Idaho, Illinois and North Carolina, defining district boundaries in the United States (1996).

United States: GIS Redistricting Software Results

Example of the type of maps and reports that can be produced with GIS software. This particular sample was produced by Election Data Services, Inc., for redistricting purposes in the United States during the 1990s.

Canada: Electoral Redistricting Formula

This file features the "redistribution" formula prepared by Elections Canada using 2001 census figures.

Election Laws and Constitutional Provisions

Election Laws and/or Constitutional Provisions listing redistricting criteria for various countries.

Belize: Boundary Redistricting

Final report of the Second Task Force Appointed by the Elections and Boundaries Commission.

United Kingdom: the Boundary Committee for England

Information leaflet produced by The Boundary Committee for England.

Canada: Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act

The Act provides for the establishment of electoral boundaries commissions of Canada to report on the readjustment of the representation of the provinces in the House of Commons for the readjustment of such representation.

Liberia: Guidelines on the Establishment of Electoral Districts in Liberia (16 May 2005)

Guidelines issued by the National Election Commission of Liberia for the sole purpose of drawing electoral boundaries for the October 2005 elections.

Election Talk, EISA Newsletter - Mauritius: Delimitation Practices

 

New Zealand: The Mathmatics of Electoral District Allocation in New Zealand

This paper outlines the implicit conceptual basis of New Zealand’s electoral district allocation, as embodied in the Electoral Act 1993. We describe how these concepts are implemented in the Government Statistician’s electoral calculations with examples from the 1997 calculations, and put the words of the Act into simple mathematical formulae. We show, using some more complex mathematics, how the Mäori Option affects the number of Mäori electoral districts, and describe an unexpected effect of the Option on the number of General electoral districts.

UN Committee on Human Rights: The Right to Participate in Public Affairs, Voting Rights and the Right to Equal Access to Public Service

International standards of elections adopted in 1996 by the United Nations Committee on Human Rights, General Comment 25, 1510th meeting (fifty­seventh session)

Existing Commitments for Democratic Elections in OSCE Participating States, a Progress Report

A progress report on a project initiated by the OSCE/ODIHR to establish an inventory of existing election-related norms, commitments, principles, and "good practices".

Guidelines to Assist National Minority Participation in the Electoral Process

Published by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR). Report elaborates on recommendations from the Effective Participation of National Minorities in Public Life (called the “Lund Recommendations”); the argument is made in pages 40-43 of this document that geographic boundaries of electoral districts should facilitate the equitable representation of national minorities.

United States: Redistricting in Illinois 2001

The essays in this publication address the central issues about redistricting in Illinois, for 2001 and beyond.