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Article 112 1. Subject to this Article , Seychelles shall be divided into as many electoral areas, as may be prescribed, for the purposes of election of members to the National Assembly and each electoral area shall be represented by one member of the National Assembly. 2. There shall be not less than nineteen electoral areas on Mahé and two electoral areas on Praslin and the Inner Islands shall constitute one electoral area. 3. In determining the number and boundaries of the electoral areas on Mahé and Praslin the Electoral commissioner - a. shall have regard to - i. the boundaries of electoral areas which exist at the time of the determination by the Commissioner; and ii. the natural geographical features of Seychelles; b. shall ensure that, each electoral area on Mahé shall have, as nearly as is practicable, an equal number of inhabitants and each electoral area on Praslin shall have, as nearly as is practicable, an equal number of inhabitants; c. shall, for the purposes of the application of Article 78(b), ensure that the total number of electoral areas is, as far as is practicable, a multiple of two.