That amendment to regulations can also be interpreted as either or meaning that the smallest faction can be formed either based on party list or a single constituency election.

There are no rules governing the uniformity of functional constituency elections, although some of the elections use the preferential elimination system, or instant-runoff voting.

The results of the constituency elections have been the same as the overall result of general elections since 1983.

The remaining 8 constituencies election were suspended due to violence and re-election to be held.

Since the last constituency elections in 2005, some boundaries have been altered slightly.