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<Text>In each of the constituencies for the Parliament, a poll shall be held at which each person entitled to vote as elector may give a vote (referred to in this Act as a “regional vote”) for—</Text>
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<Text>an individual candidate to be a regional member for the region.</Text>
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<Text>The right conferred on a person by subsection (2) is in addition to any right the person may have to vote in any poll for the return of a constituency member.</Text>
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