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As already said, redrawing is the only way to reallocate seats in one-member constituencies. In Azerbaijan, the Central Electoral Commission forms the 125 constituencies every 5 years, based on the number of voters permanently residing and registered in the relevant territorial units. In the United Kingdom, Parliament redraws the boundaries of the constituencies in each part of the country on the basis of reports by the Boundary Commissions for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. In Georgia the Central Electoral Commission defines the borders of the constituencies no later than June 1st of the year of regular parliamentary elections and not earlier than December 1st of the previous year. In France, constituency boundaries are revised according to demographic changes after the second general census of the population following the last delimitation. In Hungary, Parliament can amend the boundaries of the constituencies, but not during the period between the first day of the year preceding the general election of Members of Parliament and the day on which the general election of Members of Parliament is held, with the  exception  of  any  election  held  due  to  the  voluntary or mandatory dissolution  of Parliament. In the Republic of Korea, the National Assembly redraws the constituencies one year before the elections. The Central Electoral Commission of the Russian Federation develops a new scheme of single-mandate electoral districts and their graphic representation and presents it in the prescribed manner to the State Duma no later than 80 days prior to the expiration of the term for which the previous scheme of single-mandate electoral constituencies was approved.