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Section 27.
 

In 2014, the constituencies were first established under the new electoral system. As ODIHR stressed in its observation report concerning the 2022 parliamentary elections,[43] the delineation of the constituencies had not changed since 2014, resulting in a significantly unequal distribution of registered voters amongst the constituencies, with 25 of the 106 constituencies having more than a 10 per cent deviation, ranging up to a 33 per cent deviation. Moreover, in two instances, the deviations exceeded the legislated 20 per cent maximum deviation which would have required revision of the constituency boundaries following the 2018 elections. Since then, owing to the demographic evolution – in particular, the growth of large cities and their agglomerations, and population changes in some rural areas – the disproportionality increased even further; inter alia, by 2024 in seven constituencies the deviations exceeded the 20 per cent maximum.