Since 2005 all 125 members are elected in single-seat constituencies.
No candidate from a left-wing party was ever elected in the constituency.
The members of the Synode are elected every six years in constituencies.
Butler was the only nationalist elected in the six-seater constituency.
In 2002, he was elected in the 6th constituency.
From 2005 to 2009, 20 deputies were elected on party lists, and 15 - in single-seat constituencies.
Members are elected in single-member constituencies using the simple majority, or First-past-the-post system.
Five are directly elected in single-member constituencies using the first-past-the-post system.
Half of the members (299) are elected in single-seat constituencies according to first-past-the-post.
The three members were elected in separate constituencies; North, East and West.