Electoral system for national legislature

The National Archives Legislation UK, The Anguilla Constitution (Amendment) Order 2019, accessed 24 April 2025

Amendment of section 46 of the Constitution 

11.  Section 46 of the Constitution (laws as to elections) is amended— 

(a) by renumbering the existing text as subsection (1); and 

(b) by inserting after that text the following new subsections— 

“(2) Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution, the Legislature may enact legislation providing for— (2a) Anguilla to be a single electoral district, in addition to the single-member electoral districts into which Anguilla is divided; (2b) the number of members to be returned to the House of Assembly in elections in the single electoral district; (c)registered voters to have the right to vote in the single electoral district in addition to their right to vote in a single-member electoral district. (3) Subject to subsection (4), no legislation enacted under subsection (2) shall come into force before the dissolution of the House of Assembly next following its enactment. (4) Provisions of any legislation enacted under subsection (2) which concern the registration of voters and other preparations for elections may be brought into force before the dissolution of the House of Assembly.”.

The Central Electoral Office of Anguilla, Election Act 2019, accessed 24 April 2025

Part 3: Electoral Districts

16. Polling divisions

(1) Anguilla shall be divided into (a) the 7 single-member electoral districts in Schedule 1; and (b)one single island wide electoral district.

(2) Each single-member electoral district shall have at least one polling division.

(3) The Supervisor of Elections may divide any single-member electoral district into so many polling divisions as he may deem necessary and such polling divisions shall be appointed by notice in the Gazette.

(4) The supervisor of elections shall establish the boundaries and descriptions of the polling divisions referred to in subsection (3) and such boundaries and descriptions shall be appointed by notice in the Gazette. 

(5) The Supervisor of Elections may, by notice in the Gazette, vary the number, descriptions and boundaries of any polling division appointed under subsections (3) and (4).

(6) In determining the boundaries of any polling division, the Supervisor of Elections shall have regard to geographical considerations and such other factors as may affect communication between various places within the polling division.

(7) The polling divisions of the single island wide electoral district shall be the same as those prescribed and appointed for single-member electoral districts.

(8) For the avoidance of doubt, the Supervisor of Elections does not have the power to vary the electoral boundaries of any single-member electoral districts described in Schedule 1.