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Paragraph 39
 

The amendments modify Section 3 by decreasing the possible maximum deviation in the number of voters in the constituencies. Section 3(1) now reads that “a constituency should not deviate from the average population of the constituencies by more than 10 per cent in either direction; where the deviation is greater than 15 per cent, the boundaries shall be redrawn.” For legal clarity, Section 3(2) was amended to regulate that the number of constituencies in the individual Land shall correspond to the population portion.