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for legislation dealing with the

electoral system An electoral or voting system is a set of rules used to determine the results of an election. Electoral systems are used in politics to elect governments, while non-political elections may take place in business, nonprofit organizations and inf ...

. Representation of the People Acts is a collective title for legislation relating to representation of the people, including Rating Acts and other Registration Acts. The title was first used in the United Kingdom in the

Representation of the People Act 1832 The Representation of the People Act 1832 (also known as the Reform Act 1832, Great Reform Act or First Reform Act) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (indexed as 2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 45), enacted by the Whig government of Pri ...

and was adopted in other countries of, or formerly part of, the

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through the spread of the

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Antigua and Barbuda

* The Representation of the People Act 1975 (No 19)

Bahamas

* The Representation of the People Act, 1969 (No 40) * The Representation of the People Amendment Act, 1975 (No 25) * The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1977 (No 3) * The Representation of the People Amendment Act, 1981 (No 6) * The Representation of the People Amendment Act, 1982 (No 1)

Bangladesh

* The Representation of the People Order, 1972 * The Representation of the People Amendment Act, 1981 (XVI)

Barbados

An Act of Barbados passed on 6 June 1840 had the title "An Act to amend the representation of the people of this Island, and to declare who shall be liable to serve on Juries". An Act supplemental to this Act was passed on 30 December 1842. * The Representation of the People Act, 1891 (No 54) (c 64) * The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1896 (Act 36) * The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1897 (Act 6) * The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1898 (No 13) also called the Representation of the People Act, 1898 * The Representation of the People Act, 1901 (No 2) * The Representation of the People Act (1951) (No 40)Emmanuel
General Elections in the Eastern Caribbean: A Handbook
1979. p 188. * The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1953 * The Representation of the People Act, 1955 (No 46) * The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1956 (No 52) * The Representation of the People Act, 1957 (No 50) * The Representation of the People Act, 1971 (No 15)

Belize

* The Representation of the People Ordinance, 1953 (No 13) * The Representation of the People (Amendment) Ordinance, 1953 (No 25) * The Representation of the People (Amendment) Ordinance, 1960 (No 8) * The Representation of the People (Amendment) Ordinance, 1968 (No 8) * The Representation of the People Ordinance 1978 * The Representation of the People Act 1980

Ghana

Grenada

* The Representation of the People Act 1993 (No 35) (Cap 286A)

Guyana

* The Representation of the People Ordinance, 1953 (No 5) * The Representation of the People Ordinance, 1957 (No 3) * The Representation of the People (Amendment) Ordinance, 1961 * The Representation of the People Act (1964) (Cap 1.03) * The Representation of the People (Adaptation and Modification of Laws) Act 1968 (No 16)

India

* The Representation of the People Act, 1950 (No 43) * The

Representation of the People Act, 1951 The Representation of the People Act, 1951 is an act of Parliament of India to provide for the conduct of election of the Parliament of India, Houses of Parliament and to the House or Houses of the Vidhan Sabha, Legislature of each State, the ...

Jamaica

Mauritius

* The Representation of the People Act 1958, also called the Representation of the People Ordinance, 1958 (No 14) * The Representation of the People (Amendment) Ordinance (1960) (No 7) * The Representation of the People (Amendment) Ordinance (1961) (No 70) * The Representation of the People (Amendment) Ordinance 1965 (No 40) * The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act (1968) (No 12)

Pakistan

* The Representation of the People Act, 1957 (No XXXI) * The Representation of the People Act 1976 * The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1977 (No XVI) * The Representation of the People (Amendment) Ordinance, 1980 (Ordinance XVII)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

* The Representation of the People Act, 1982 (No 7) * The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1984 (No 8) * The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1992 (No 10) * The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1998 (No 1)

Trinidad and Tobago

* The Representation of the People Ordinance, 1961 (No 33) * The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1966 * The Representation of the People Act 1967 (No 41) (Cap 2:01) * The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act 2000

United Kingdom

The expression "Act to amend the Representation of the People" appears in the title of the Act that was subsequently given the short title

, and that act was referred to by that expression in 1832. Some Representation of the People Acts are considered to be

Reform Acts The Reform Acts (or Reform Bills, before they were passed) are legislation enacted in the United Kingdom in the 19th and 20th century to enfranchise new groups of voters and to redistribute seats in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the ...

. Although it has no special status or priority in law, the

Representation of the People Act 1918 The Representation of the People Act 1918 ( 7 & 8 Geo. 5. c. 64) was an act of Parliament passed to reform the electoral system in Great Britain and Ireland. It is sometimes known as the Fourth Reform Act. The act extended the franchise in pa ...

, dealing with universal voting and other matters of political representation, could be viewed as part of a body of statute law making up the

Constitution of the United Kingdom The constitution of the United Kingdom comprises the written and unwritten arrangements that establish the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as a political body. Unlike in most countries, no official attempt has been made to Co ...

. The title was adopted in other countries of, or formerly part of, the

through the spread of the

. * The

* The

Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832 The Scottish Reform Act 1832 (2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 65) was an act of Parliament that introduced wide-ranging changes to the election laws of Scotland. The act was passed at approximately the same time as the Reform Act 1832, which applied to England ...

* The Representation of the People (Ireland) Act 1832 * The Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1835 * The

Representation of the People (Ireland) Act 1850 Representation of the People Act is a stock short title used in Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Mauritius, Pakistan, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, ...

* The Representation of the People (Ireland) Act 1861 * The

Representation of the People Act 1867 The Representation of the People Act 1867 ( 30 & 31 Vict. c. 102), known as the Reform Act 1867 or the Second Reform Act, is an act of the British Parliament that enfranchised part of the urban male working class in England and Wales for the f ...

* The

Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868 The Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868 ( 31 & 32 Vict. c. 48) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It carried on from the Representation of the People Act 1867, and created seven additional Scottish seats in the Hou ...

* The

Representation of the People (Ireland) Act 1868 The Representation of the People (Ireland) Act 1868 ( 31 & 32 Vict. c. 49) was an act of Parliament in the United Kingdom. The act did not alter the overall distribution of parliamentary seats in Ireland. It was originally proposed to merge t ...

* The Representation of the People Act 1884 * The

* The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act 1918 * The Representation of the People (Returning Officers' Expenses) Act 1919 * The Representation of the People Act 1920 * The Representation of the People (No. 2) Act 1920 * The Representation of the People Act 1921 * The Representation of the People Act 1922 * The Representation of the People (No. 2) Act 1922 * The Representation of the People (Economy Provisions) Act 1926 — an alternative citation for Part III of the Economy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1926 * The

Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act 1928 The Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act 1928 ( 18 & 19 Geo. 5. c. 12) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. This act expanded on the Representation of the People Act 1918 ( 7 & 8 Geo. 5. c. 64) which had given som ...

* The Representation of the People (Reading University) Act 1928 * The Representation of the People Act 1945 * The

Representation of the People Act 1948 The Representation of the People Act 1948 ( 11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 65) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that altered the law relating to parliamentary and local elections. It is noteworthy for abolishing plural voting for parlia ...

* The Representation of the People Act 1949 * The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act 1957 * The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act 1958 * The

Representation of the People Act 1969 The Representation of the People Act 1969 (c. 15) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that lowered the voting age to 18 years. This statute is sometimes called the Sixth Reform Act. Background The 1960s were a period of grow ...

* The Representation of the People Act 1974 * The Representation of the People (No. 2) Act 1974 * The Representation of the People (Armed Forces) Act 1976 * The Representation of the People Act 1977 * The Representation of the People Act 1978 * The Representation of the People Act 1979 * The Representation of the People Act 1980 * The

Representation of the People Act 1981 The Representation of the People Act 1981 (c. 34) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It creates the provision for the automatic disqualification of an MP if they are imprisoned for over a year, leading to a by-election being hel ...

* The

Representation of the People Act 1983 The Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It changed the British electoral process in the following ways: * Amended the Representation of the People Act 1969 (c. 15). * Stated that a ...

* The Representation of the People Act 1985 * The Representation of the People Act 1989 * The Representation of the People Act 1990 * The Representation of the People Act 1991 * The Representation of the People Act 1993 * The Representation of the People Act 2000

Vanuatu

* The Representation of the People Act 1982 (No 13) (Cap 146)Republic of Vanuatu
6th General Elections Report
2 May 2002.

Antigua and Barbuda

Bahamas

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belize

Ghana

Grenada

Guyana

India

Jamaica

Mauritius

Pakistan

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Trinidad and Tobago

United Kingdom

Vanuatu

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