Delimitation of Local Government Constituencies Seriously Affects the Equal Suffrage and Representation A case Study of Quetta Metropolitan Corporation

Abstract

Local Government is a worldwide phenomenon to day. It is generally
found that in countries where Local Government is responsible only to the
higher tire of government it has very little leeway to mobilize the people;
Examples may include that of an authoritarian political system where
local government remains solely accountable to the central government
rather than to the local residents. Delimitation is the important step in a
democratic process of the country and this is also universally recognized
right of all citizen of the country to have equal right to be elected and to
be voter for any elected institution. The delimitation also determines that
how representative and fair election was. Pakistan is the signatory to the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) codified
this principle in article 25(b), which provides for the principle of equality
of votes. Also, paragraph 21 of General Comment 25 (which is the
authoritative interpretation of the ICCPR) states that the vote of one
elector should be equal to the vote of another; the drawing of electoral
boundaries and the method of allocating votes should not distort the
distribution of voters or discriminate against any group and should not
exclude or restrict unreasonably the right of citizens to choose their
representatives freely. Pakistan ratified the ICCPR in 2010. The objective
of this research paper is to evaluate the representation of population of

provincial head quarter in Metropolitan Corporation as equal
representation and equal suffrage. The delimitation of Local Government
institution in Balochistan seriously affecting the right of equal suffrage of
equal representation, there are constituencies having more than ten
registered votes from other constituencies in same metropolitan of Quetta
provincial head quarter of Balochistan