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used in Antigua and Barbuda,

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, Grenada, Guyana,

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, the

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and

Vanuatu Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (french: link=no, République de Vanuatu; bi, Ripablik blong Vanuatu), is an island country located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of no ...

for legislation dealing with the

electoral system An electoral system or voting system is a set of rules that determine how elections and referendums are conducted and how their results are determined. Electoral systems are used in politics to elect governments, while non-political elections ma ...

. 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 1832

Great Reform Act The Representation of the People Act 1832 (also known as the 1832 Reform Act, Great Reform Act or First Reform Act) was an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom (indexed as 2 & 3 Will. IV c. 45) that introduced major changes to the electo ...

and was adopted in other countries of, or formerly part 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 Representation may refer to: Law and politics * Representation (politics), political activities undertaken by elected representatives, as well as other theories ** Representative democracy, type of democracy in which elected officials represent a ...

(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 Representation may refer to: Law and politics * Representation (politics), political activities undertaken by elected representatives, as well as other theories ** Representative democracy, type of democracy in which elected officials represent a ...

(No 54) (c 64) * The

Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1896 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, ...

(Act 36) * The

Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1897 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, ...

(Act 6) * The

Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1898 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, ...

(No 13) also called the Representation of the People Act, 1898 * The

Representation of the People Act, 1901 Representation may refer to: Law and politics * Representation (politics), political activities undertaken by elected representatives, as well as other theories ** Representative democracy, type of democracy in which elected officials represent a ...

(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 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 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 Representation may refer to: Law and politics * Representation (politics), political activities undertaken by elected representatives, as well as other theories ** Representative democracy, type of democracy in which elected officials represent a ...

(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 Representation may refer to: Law and politics * Representation (politics), political activities undertaken by elected representatives, as well as other theories ** Representative democracy, type of democracy in which elected officials represent a ...

* The

Representation of the People Act 1980 Representation may refer to: Law and politics * Representation (politics), political activities undertaken by elected representatives, as well as other theories ** Representative democracy, type of democracy in which elected officials represent a ...

Ghana

* The Representation of the People (Women Members) Act, 1959 (No 72) * The Representation of the People (Women Members) Act, 1960 (No 8) * The Representation of the People Decree, 1968 (NLCD 255) * The Representation of the People (Amendment) Decree, 1968 (NLCD 270) * The Representation of the People (Amendment) Decree, 1969 (NLCD 350) * The Representation of the People (Amendment) (No. 2) Decree, 1969 (NLCD 363) * The Representation of the People (Amendment) Decree, 1979 (SMCD 230) * The Representation of the People Law, 1992 (PNDCL 284) * The

Representation of the People (Amendment) Law, 1992 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 ...

(PNDCL 296)

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

Jammu and Kashmir Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1982 Jammu is the winter capital of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is the headquarters and the largest city in Jammu district of the union territory. Lying on the banks of the river Tawi, the city of Jammu, with an area of , ...

(No 1)

Jamaica

Representation of the People (Interim Electoral Reform) (Amendment) Act 1984 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 ...

* The Representation of the People (Interim Electoral Reform) (Amendment) Act 1990 * The Representation of the People (Interim Electoral Reform) Amendment Act 1995

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

Reform Acts In the United Kingdom, Reform Act is most commonly used for legislation passed in the 19th century and early 20th century to enfranchise new groups of voters and to redistribute seats in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

. Although it has no special status or priority in law, the 1918 Act, 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 or British constitution 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 attemp ...

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

. * The Representation of the People Act 1832 * The

Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832 The Scottish Reform Act 1832 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 and Wales. The chief ar ...

* The

Representation of the People (Ireland) Act 1832 The Representation of the People (Ireland) Act 1832, commonly called the Irish Reform Act 1832, was an Act of Parliament that introduced wide-ranging changes to the election laws of Ireland. The act was passed at approximately the same time as t ...

Representation of the People (No. 2) Act 1920 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 ...

* 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 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. This act expanded on the Representation of the People Act 1918 which had given some women the vote in Parliamentary elections for the ...

* 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 1949 The Representation of the People Act 1949 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act consolidated previous electoral law, but also made some changes to administration. Representation of the People amendments followed in 1969, 19 ...

* 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 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

* 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 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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