Gerrymandering (partisan and bipartisan) can be considered as a manipulative political tool which distorts the democratic electoral process, undermines democratic and universal election principles, and renders legislative elections a meaningless exercise. Both partisan and bipartisan gerrymandering are extremely damaging to voters, as they deprive the electorate of a meaningful influence on who gets elected. When stating that “[t]he drawing of electoral boundaries and the method of allocating votes should not distort the distribution of voters or discriminate against any group and should not exclude or restrict unreasonably the right of citizens to choose their representatives freely”, General Comment No. 25 warns not only against active and passive electoral geometry, but also against gerrymandering. Gerrymandering goes against equal suffrage under its aspect of equal opportunities rather than under its aspect of equal voting power stricto sensu, which does not guarantee proportional representation of the parties.