Gerrymandering
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Gerrymandering, it is an American expression which has taken root in the English language, meaning to arrange election districts so as to give an unfair advantage to the party in power by means of a redistribution act or to manipulate constituencies generally, State of M.P. v. Devilal, AIR 1986 SC 434 (439): (1986) 1 SCC 657: (1985) Supp 3 SCR 894.
The practice of dividing a geograplical area auto electoral districts, often of highly irregular shape, to give one political party an unfair advantage by diluting the oppositions voting strength, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn
The practice of dividing a geograplical area auto electoral districts, often of highly irregular shape, to give one political party an unfair advantage by diluting the oppositions voting strength, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn
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