The number of constituencies was increased from 119 to 130.

The number of constituencies was increased from 91 to 95 before this election.

This despite the number of constituencies (210) has remaining the same.

It ran, however, its own candidates in a number of constituencies and local authorities.

The number of electoral constituencies has been reduced from 15 to 10.

The Conservatives, however, promised to keep the first past the post, but to cut the number of constituencies by 10%.

Hence the number of territorial constituencies has increased to 206.

The group stood eighteen candidates in a number of constituencies, but took only 1,046 votes.

They are expected to be among the victims of a Government decision to cut the number of constituencies from 650 to 600.

"In a number of constituencies, the results were falsified," he said.