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POLITICAL CONSTITUENCIES ARE TYPICALLY OF UNEQUAL GEOGRAPHICAL SIZE, BUT OF EQUAL POLITICAL IMPORTANCE. A STANDARD CONSTITUENCY MAP WILL GIVE MORE PROMINENCE TO LARGE RURAL CONSTITUENCIES THAN TO COMPACT URBAN CONSTITUENCIES. THE SOLUTION OF PROVIDING SEPARATE EXPANDED VIEWS OF URBAN DISTRICTS OBSCURES THEIR GEOGRAPHICAL PROXIMITY TO NEIGHBORING RURAL DISTRICTS. IN THIS PAPER A COMPUTER PROCEDURE IS DESCRIBED WHICH LEADS TO A DISPLAY IN WHICH ALL THE CONSTITUENCIES RECEIVE EQUAL PROMINENCE, AND IN WHICH THE LOCAL GEOGRAPHY IS APPROXIMATELY PRESERVED. SUGGESTIONS ARE MADE CONCERNING POSSIBLE METHODS OF DISPLAYING THE VOTING RESULTS IN THESE CONSTITUENCIES. FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM, DISPLAYS INVOLVING PROPERTIES OF AN EQUILATERAL TRIANGLE ARE ADVOCATED FOR A HARD-COPY PRESENTATION, WHILE COLORED CIRCLES PROVE EFFECTIVE WHEN TRANSPARENCIES ARE AVAILABLE.

Describes a computer program which displays vote tallies so that all constituencies receive equal prominence and local geography is approximately preserved; case study of the 1987 general election.