Are there advantages in delimiting constituencies?
Delimiting electoral districts does offer some advantages over maintaining a single nationwide constituency for parliamentary elections. First, electoral districts improve the accountability of representatives to their voters. A major advantage of a districted system is that electoral districts link elected representatives to a smaller, geographically-defined, constituency. This allows voters to hold specific representatives accountable – voting them out of office if they do not act in accordance to voters’ wishes and returning them to office if they do. Second, electoral districts can ensure broader geographic representation in parliament. Assuming candidates are required to reside in the districts they represent, electoral districts guarantee a level of geographic diversity in the legislative assembly that may not necessarily occur in other systems without such districts. This generally also means more attention will be accorded to regional issues and to constituency service. Third,
