Delimitation Equity Project Resource Guide - IFES

Introduction: Towards Developing International Standards
Country Authority responsible for
delimitation
Belgium Legislature: legislature
passed Act defining
boundaries; boundaries
are not periodically
redrawn
Belize BC: Delimitation
Commission
Botswana BC: Delimitation
Commission
Bulgaria Legislature; legislature
divides country into
multimember districts
for regional lists
Who has
final
authority
over plan
adopted
Does the
legislature
play any role
in the
delimitation
process
What role, if any,
does the court play in
the delimitation
process
What prompts
delimitation – a
specified time
period or
something else
legislature yes none Electoral districts
have not been
redrawn in
decades (number
of seats allocated
changes every ten
years)
legislature yes none Changes in
population;
changes in
administrative
boundaries
BC no Every 5-10 years;
when parliament
changes number of
seats allocated to a
region
legislature yes Changes in
population;
changes in
administrative
boundaries
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