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Geographical constituencies

50.

of

The machinery for conducting elections on the

basis of geographical constituencies exists at district

level and has been shown to work well. An alternative

to a territory-wide election is therefore to use the

existing system (for example by amalgamation

District Board or municipal council constituencies), to

create the number and size of constituencies thought to

appropriate as a basis for conducting direct

elections to the legislature.

be

Such constituencies

might be relatively large constituencies (say five

or more

covering all the territory), each electing one

members to the Council, or relatively small, single

member constituencies. There is, of course, a range of

choice between these broad parameters.

arrangements are set out in Appendix

(Some possible

.)

51.

If direct elections to the legislature were

to be based on geographical constituencies, they would

to some extent duplicate the role of the electoral

college. There would be a dual system of geographical

representation, one based on direct elections, and the

other on indirect elections.

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