What criteria guide the Commission when establishing the boundaries of the electoral divisions?
A.: Each electoral division must be delimited in such a way as to ensure that the principle of effective representation of electors is respected. In this exercise, the Commission takes into account demographical, geographical and sociological considerations, such as the population density and its growth, the accessibility, the area and shape of the region, the natural local boundaries as well as the limits of local municipalities. Moreover, the electoral divisions have roughly the same number of electors. To this end, a quotient is established according to the following formula: total number of electors divided by the number of electoral divisions (125). The electoral population of a division must not deviate by more than 25% from the quotient obtained. Here is an example to show how the calculation is done: on November 30, 2007, there were 5,650,910 electors. The average is 45,207 electors and the total number of electors in each of the electoral divisions varies from 33,905 to 56,509
