Parliamentary contituency delimitation
Updated October 2007
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| Country | Notes |
|---|---|
| ANGOLA | Proportional representation system uses existing national and provincial boundaries |
| BOTSWANA | Delimitation Commission (DC) |
| Demarcation every 5-10 years | |
| 57 National Assembly single-member constituencies | |
| DRC | Independent Electoral Commission (Commission Electorale Indépendante; CEI) |
| Demarkation period as yet undefined | |
| 500 National Assembly single and multimember constituencies | |
| LESOTHO | Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) |
| Demarcation every 5-10 years | |
| 80 National Assembly single member seats | |
| MADAGASCAR | Boundaries Commission |
| 160 single member National Assembly constituencies | |
| MALAWI | Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) |
| Demarcation every 5 years | |
| 193 National Assembly single-member constituencies | |
| MAURITIUS | Electoral Boundaries Commission (EBC) |
| Demarcation every 10 years | |
| 20 three-member and one two-member National Assembly constituencies | |
| MOZAMBIQUE | National Electoral Commission (Comissão Nacional de Eleições; CNE) |
| Constituency seat allocation every 5 years, based on the proportion of voters registered in each | |
| 11 multimember proportional representation constituencies (10 provinces and Maputo) returning 248 MPs; expatriates in Europe and Africa return 1 member each | |
| NAMIBIA | Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) |
| Seat allocation to constituencies made every election in proportion to the number of votes cast | |
| National Assembly has 72 MPs elected on proportional representation based on the 13 regions as constituencies | |
| SEYCHELLES | Electoral Commissioner |
| Boundaries reviewed 3 years before every election | |
| 25 single-member constituencies; there must be at least 19 on Mahe, 2 on Praslin and 1 for Inner Islands | |
| SOUTH AFRICA | Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) |
| Constituency seat allocation every 5 years | |
| 9 provinces function as constituencies, return 130 of 200 members of National Assembly. Seats allocation to constituencies based on proportion of population | |
| SWAZILAND | Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) |
| Demarcation every every 5 years, one year before election | |
| 55 single-member House of Assembly constituencies known as tinkundhla | |
| TANZANIA | National Election Commission (NEC) |
| Demarcation every 10 years | |
| 232 songle-member National Assembly constituencies | |
| ZAMBIA | Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) |
| Demarcation every 5 years | |
| 150 single-member National Assembly constituencies | |
| ZANZIBAR | Zanzibar Electoral Commission (ZEC) |
| Demarcation every 10 years | |
| 50 single-member House of Representative constituencies | |
| ZIMBABWE | Zimbabwe Electoral Commission |
| Demarcation every 5 years | |
| 210 single-member National Assembly constituencies; 60 single-member Senate constituencies |