Constitution of Zimbabwe (as amended by Constitution Amendment No. 19) delay submit a report to Parliament on the conduct of every presidential, parliamentary, provincial council and local authority election and every referendum. 100J Delimitation of wards and constituencies (1) The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission shall, no later than the date notified to it by the President, being a date no later than three months before the date fixed or to be fixed by a proclamation as the date on which Parliament is dissolved under section 63(7) or, as the case may be, the date of the dissolution of Parliament under section 63(4), determine, in accordance with subsections (2) to (7), the limits of the wards and constituencies into which Zimbabwe is to be divided for the purpose of electing members of the governing bodies of local authorities and members of Parliament respectively: Provided that the Commission shall produce a preliminary report in terms of subsection (8) no later than one month before the date fixed or to be fixed by a proclamation as the date on which Parliament is dissolved under section 63(7) or, as the case may be, the date of the dissolution of Parliament under section 63(4). (2) For the purpose of the election of members of the governing bodies of local authorities, local authority areas shall be divided into such number of wards as the Commission shall determine. (3) Zimbabwe shall, for the purpose of the election of members of Parliament, be divided into two hundred and ten House of Assembly constituencies and sixty senatorial constituencies. (4) Subject to subsections (5) and (6), the boundaries of the House of Assembly constituencies shall be such that at the time of delimitation the number of voters registered in each House of Assembly constituency is as nearly as may be equal to the number of voters registered in each of the other House of Assembly constituencies. (5) In delimiting— (a) the boundaries of wards, the Commission shall ensure that no ward is divided between two or more local authority areas; and (b) the House of Assembly constituencies, the Commission shall ensure that no ward is divided between two or more House of Assembly constituencies. (6) In dividing Zimbabwe into wards and House of Assembly constituencies the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission shall, in respect of any area, give due consideration to— (a) its physical features; (b) the means of communication within the area; (c) the geographical distribution of registered voters; (d) any community of interest as between registered voters; and - 87 -

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