2 The estimation The NBS conducted the survey with the palpable objectives in mind—support decision- making or public policy and to inform national and subnational development. [...] Second, the census results often inform politics, enabling the government to determine the number of elected members representing geographical constituencies in each state at the national level. [...] In this respect, South Sudan’s elections law requires the Commission to obtain the national dividend by dividing the total population of South Sudan by 102 out of 1706 parliamentarians; 102 constitutes 60% of the members of the National Assembly who must be elected through geographical constituencies7. [...] The ramification of this is that the Unity Government is not out of the woods just yet as far as implementing the Roadmap, which terminates following general elections. [...] Since there are divergent views regarding both the 2008 census and the 2021 PES estimates, the most sensible action would be to expedite the conduct of a credible census before the next general elections.
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