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The applicant challenged EC’s failure to re‑demarcate constituencies after censuses and Parliament’s irregular county/district creations.
Constitutional law — Electoral law — Article 63(5): Electoral Commission’s duty to review and re‑demarcate constituencies within 12 months after census — failure amounts to unconstitutional abdication. Constitutional law — Parliament’s power to prescribe constituencies vs EC’s duty to demarcate — distinct roles. Local government — Creation of counties/districts by Parliamentary resolution without following constitutional/local‑government procedures contravenes Articles 63 and 179. Representation — Parliament’s retention of one woman MP per district under Article 78(2) lawful. Mal‑apportionment/gerrymandering — population‑quota and ‘‘one person, one vote’’ principle.
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