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Article 73
 

Criteria for Establishing Electoral Zone Boundaries

The division of electoral zones is made on the basis of the following criteria:



The number of the voters who have taken part in voting in each electoral unit  in the most recent elections prior to the meeting of the Commission. No electoral zone is permitted to have greater or smaller deviation than 5 percent from the average number of the voters at a national level, except for cases required to implement section 7 of this article.  The average number is calculated by dividing the total number of the voters who have participated in the elections by the number of electoral zones, of which there are 100.



The continuity of the electoral zone.  No election zone is permitted to have discontinuity or intersection with other electoral zones.



The compactness of the electoral zone.  No electoral zone is permitted to be interrupted by geographic barriers, or divisions which are due to demographic or historical development.



Economic links and common traditional interests.



Boundaries of regions.



Good communication possibilities within the electoral zone.



Indivisibility of the commune.  When the number of the voters in a municipality is within the range of plus or minus 5 percent of the average number, this municipality should constitute an electoral zone.