Delimitation Equity Project Resource Guide - IFES

Introduction: Towards Developing International Standards
Country Authority responsible for
delimitation
Dominica BC: Electoral
Boundaries
Commission
Dominican
Republic
EMB: if more than five
seats have been
allocated to a province,
then election
commission must divide
province into two or
more multimember
electoral district
Fiji BC: Constituencies
Boundaries
Commission
Finland Legislature: legislature
passed Act defining 15
electoral districts;
boundaries are not
periodically redrawn
Who has
final
authority
over plan
adopted
Does the
legislature
play any role
in the
delimitation
process
legislature legislature
can modify
delimitation
Act and must
approve it
What role, if any,
does the court play in
the delimitation
process
What prompts
delimitation – a
specified time
period or
something else
none 2-5 years
EMB Changes in
number/distribution
of total population
as determined by
periodic census
BC no Act delimiting districts
may be challenged in
court in theory, but
this has not yet
happened
Every five years
(prior to each
election)
legislature yes none Electoral districts
unlikely to change
(although number
of seats allocated
does change)
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