Administrative Divisions
Each parish is administered by a Douzaine. Douzeniers are elected for a six year mandate, two Douzeniers being elected by parishioners at a Parish Meeting in November each year. The senior Douzenier is known as the Doyen. Two elected Constables carry out the decisions of the Douzaine, serving for between one and three years. The longest serving Constable is known as the Senior Constable and his or her colleague as the Junior Constable.
Following the machinery of government changes in 2004, Guernsey has the following electoral districts, loosely based on the parish system:
- St. Peter Port North
- St. Peter Port South
- St. Sampson's
- Vale
- Castel
- South-East (St. Martin's and St. Andrew's)
- West (Torteval, Forest, St. Saviour's, St. Pierre-du-Bois)
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