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(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
as practicable
to
the
all
average population per seat (i.e. total population in constituencies divided by the total number of geographical constituency seats) for the whole
the difference in population per seat in each constituency from the average population per seat should not be more or less than 25%;
territory;
preservation of existing local community identities wherever possible;
compatibility amongst the boundaries of District Boards, Municipal Councils and the Legislative Council; and
regard for physical features such as size, shape, accessibility, natural landscape and planned developments of
constituencies.
(c)
The Boundary
individual
and Election Commission should be permitted to depart from the plus/minus 25% in (b) (i) above where it appears to the Commission that a departure is desirable.