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Whereas the provisions of Article (102) of the present Constitution imposed main
controls on legislators which they should adhere to when dividing electoral
constituencies, namely, fair representation of the population and governorates, thus
ensuring that no governorates or population groups meeting the requirements and
regulations set by the legislator and the Constitution are excluded from the division
process as well as ensuring that the rights thereof are not undermined in whatsoever
form. Furthermore, the principle of equal opportunities shall be applied with regards
to the relative weight of votes and the number of population.
However, such principle does not mean that the number of persons represented by an
HoR member at each constituency shall be arithmetically equal on an absolute basis,
since such is practically impossible. Instead, to fulfill such principle, differences
between such numbers and the general average of the number of voters represented by
an HoR member at the state level shall be reasonable.
The average of citizens represented by an HoR member is almost 168,000 citizens,
which is the sum of the number of population: 86, 813, 723 plus the number of voters:
54,754,036 on the date of issuance of Decree Law #202/2014 referred to herein,
divided by 2 then divided by the number of seats assigned to the individual electoral
system: 420 seats. In light of aforesaid facts, and by reviewing the Table (I- Individual
System) attached to Presidential Decree Law #202/2014 on the Division of the House
of Representatives Elections Constituencies, it is revealed that legislators did not
adhere to the principle of fair representation of population or equal representation of
voters. Such is illustrated as follows:
1- Cairo Governorate: A representative in Helwan Constituency represents
220,043 citizens according to the aforementioned overall average, while a
representative in Al-Gamalia Constituency represents 78,175 citizens and a
representative in Al-Mokattam Constituency represents 111,360 citizens.
2- Qaliubiya Governorate: A representative in Tookh Constituency represents
228,226 citizens, while a representative in Qaliob Constituency represents
130,008 citizens.
3- Sharkia Governorate: A representative in Kafr Sakr Constituency represents
214,599 citizens, while a representative in Mashtol Al-Sook Constituency
represents 149,154 citizens.
4- Damietta Governorate: A representative in Faraskor Constituency represents
205,991 citizens, while a representative in Al-Zarka Constituency represents
124,291 citizens.
5- Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate: A representative in Al-Hamool Constituency
represents 234,493 citizens, while a representative in Beela Constituency
represents 104,256 citizens.
6- Gharbia Governorate: A representative in Basyoon Constituency represents
235,970 citizens, while a representative in Kotoor Constituency represents
135,924 citizens.
7- Monufia Governorate: A representative in Berket Al-Saba' Constituency
represents 230,341 citizens, while a representative in Al-Shohada
Constituency represents 121,943 citizens.
8- Beheira Governorate: A representative in Kom Hamada Constituency
represents 240,152 citizens, while a representative in Kafr Al-Dawar City
Constituency represents 131,093 citizens and in Damanhour City Constituency
130,997 citizens.