At least three draft electoral maps will be drawn and put up for public input before the Election Commission (EC) makes its pick and finalises constituency designation work ahead of the next poll, according to a source at the EC.
Electoral boundaries must be redrawn for every general election to account for population changes, and this time the number of constituencies will increase from 350 to 400, said the source.
As soon as the EC’s regulation on electoral boundaries takes effect, provincial election offices will present at least three draft maps to gather feedback from stakeholders, including voters and parties, said the source.
The regulation will serve as a guideline for provincial election offices to draw up electoral boundaries for the 400 constituency MPs nationwide.
Each of the proposed maps must take into consideration social and geographic factors and…
