Official Gazette – Issue No. 9 (bis) March 1, 2015
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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 proportional 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 approximately 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 (IIndividual 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.
9- Fayoum Governorate: A representative in Youssef Al-Seddik Constituency
represents 255,941 citizens, while a representative in Abshway Constituency
represents 141,491 citizens.