Electoral Systems Two kinds of electoral systems have been adopted for the Constituent Assembly election: The system in which the one leading in the vote count is elected (First Past the Post System- FPTP). Proporational electoral process. One Member One constituency principle is followed in the First Past the Post System (FPTP). There could be a number of candidates in any election, conducted for any position. But a voter is allowed to cast vote in favour of only one candidate. The one who leads with maximum number of votes, is declared winner. A prortional election is the one where voting takes place for political parties, considering the entire nation a single election constituency. The winning candidate is determined on the basis of the maximum number of votes received by by the parties. Such a sytem is known as proportionate electoral system. For this system, the political parties must submit a closed list of their election candidates to the Election Commission. The listed candidates are declared winner, according to the number of votes earned by political parties in the election.
Posted on: Sat, 24 Aug 2013 12:17:31 +0000
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