Among the issues at stake concerning election dispute resolution, there are procedural challenges and in particular the question of the bodies competent to deal with the settlement of electoral disputes. In a number of countries, electoral laws and relevant procedural laws are confusing or lack relevant provisions to establish a clear competency of administrative and/or jurisdictional bodies for different grounds for complaints. Such bodies can be electoral management bodies or courts – i.e. constitutional, general, administrative or specialised courts – or more rarely other types of bodies or institutions. Sometimes, the lines between the types of disputes and the competent bodies to deal with such disputes are blurred. The report will develop the question of the bodies competent to deal with the settlement of electoral disputes in its Part IV.