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  Which country has the best names for electoral districts? (search mode)
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Question: Which country has the best names for electoral districts?
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Hatman 🍁
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« on: April 02, 2012, 07:44:30 PM »

Canada, I guess. Not including Quebec though. Districts should have geographical names.
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« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2012, 11:24:48 PM »

India. Of the ones presented, I'm partial to Canada, although the names can sometimes get so long that they become unwieldy (MaxQue's home constituency is an example of this). It's worth noting that some constituencies in Quebec use a system similar to that of Australia.

Yes, I hate those. But, they're often done to avoid really long names. But it's strange how they've adopted ridings named after people in some cases, but kept a lot of really long names as well.

Here is what they should be

Alfred-Pellan (Laval East)
Honore-Mercier (Anjou-Rivere-des-Prairies)
Jeanne-Le Ber (Verdun-Le Sud-Ouest) - perhaps a better name is in store, but the original name of the riding was really long, and then the riding got bigger and therefore would've necessitated a really long name, hence the new name
Louis-Hebert (Quebec West)
Louis-Saint-Laurent (Quebec Northwest) - probably not the best name, but oh well.
Marc-Aurele-Fortin (Laval-Sainte-Therese) - doesn't include most of the municipalities in the name though... argh

Don't get me started on the provincial ridings...

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BTW, how does India do it?
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Hatman 🍁
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« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2012, 04:21:23 PM »

How does it work in Germany? I thought it was like France
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« Reply #3 on: April 04, 2012, 05:55:19 PM »

what's with the numbers (roman numerals) then?
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