Assessment of Process of the Approval of the Bill to Reform the Table of Electoral Districts of the Islamic Consultative Assembly and the Number of Lawmakers In 2000

Document Type : Original Research

Authors
Z. Ahmadipour 1
M. Heidarian 2
E. Roumina 3
J. Etaat 4
1 Professor of Political Geography, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Political Geography, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
2 Ph.D.student in Political Geography, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Political Geography, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
3 Associate Professor of Political Geography, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Political Geography, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
4 Associate Professor of Political Sciences, Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences, Department of Political Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
Division of territorial and demographic area of country into electoral districts is the first step to facilitate elections and provide a suitable background for a fair proportion between the number of lawmakers and the population of the country. Drawing electoral districts must be in such a way that guarantees the justice and equality among citizens and leads to the formation of democratic parliament that represents different groups of the people. The present study has assessed trend of approval of the bill to reform the table of electoral districts of the Islamic Consultative Assembly and the number of lawmakers in 2000. This research is applied in terms of purpose and is descriptive in terms of nature and general method. The findings show that demographic indicators, adaption to administrative divisions, extent, place competition, deprivation, locating in border areas, and finally economical and industrial situation were the most important effective indicators in increasing lawmakers and reforming electoral districts in 20 cases. Lack of definition of indicators for criteria of Article 64 of the Constitution (human, political, geographical and alike) and failure to calculate their weight and share in redistricting due to the lack of a redistricting part in ministry of interior have led to spatial injustice in increasing the number of lawmakers, separating and annexation some electoral districts in government bill.

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