Members of Parliament representing constituencies.
(6) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Article, no court shall
have power to inquire into anything done by the Electoral Commission in its
discharge of the function of demarcating the United Republic into constituencies.
Election and Appointment of Members of Parliament
Elections in
constituencies
Act No.15
of 1984
Art.13
Act No.3 of
2000 Art.15
76.-(1) After every dissolution of Parliament there shall be held an
election of a Member of Parliament in every constituency.
(2) Likewise there shall be held an election of a Member of Parliament in
a constituency whenever the seat of any Member of Parliament representing that
constituency falls vacant for any reason not connected with the dissolution of
Parliament.
(3) Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Article, it is hereby
declared that where the date for dissolution of Parliament has been proclaimed or
is known on account of the events specified in subarticle (3) of Article 90, then no
such election shall take place during the whole period of six months immediately
preceding the date of the dissolution of Parliament.
Procedure for
election
Members of
Parliament
representing
Constituencies
Act No.4
of 1992
Art.25
Members of Parliament representing constituencies shall be
77.-(1)
elected by the people in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution and
also the provisions of a law enacted by Parliament pursuant to this Constitution to
regulate the election of Members of Parliament representing constituencies.
(2)
Save where the Electoral Commission in accordance with the
provisions of this Constitution or of a law enacted by Parliament in that behalf
directs otherwise, there shall be elected only one Member of Parliament in a
constituency.
(3) Candidates for election to a constituency shall be required to fulfill
the following conditions:
(a)
they shall be proposed, one each, by a political party taking part in
the election in that constituency; and
(b)
they shall have submitted their names to the Electoral Commission
in accordance with the procedure laid down by a law enacted by
Parliament or procedures prescribed by the Electoral Commission
in accordance with law.
Procedure for
election of
women
Members of
Parliament
Act No.4
of 1992
Art.26
Act No.3
of 2000
78.-(1) For the purposes of the election of women Members of Parliament
mentioned in Article 66(1) (b), political parties which took part in the general
election in accordance with the procedure laid down and obtained at least five
percentum of the total valid voters for Parliamentary election, shall propose to the
Electoral Commission the names of women on the basis of the proportion of votes
obtained by each party in the Parliamentary election.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subarticle (1), the following votes
shall be counted as valid votes for the unopposed Member of Parliament in the
constituent
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