Census headache for constituencies that risk being done away with

Former Interim Independent Boundaries Review Commission chairman Andrew Ligale in consultations with former commissioner Rosa Buyu. The forthcoming census could lead to the scrapping of some constituencies. [File, Courtesy]

The national census, scheduled for August 24 could sound the death knell for small constituencies.

Some 27 constituencies that were allowed to exist despite not meeting the population criteria are in the spotlight once more. According to new regulations, the population of a constituency should be a minimum of about 170,000.