In the 2023 Karnataka election, out of many factors, "FPTP" played the most important role. As we know, elections in India follow the FPTP system. What is FPTP and how does it work? In the 'First-Past ...

It is not clear which system is best for India, voters understand the FPTP system. Parliament is about to investigate the merits of different voting procedures. This has been long overdue. In the UK ...

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The Electoral Reform Society (ERS), as its name might suggest, is no fan of First Past the Post (FPTP), the system used to elect MPs to the British parliament. But even taking into account its raison ...

One question that I keep being asked since I have been in London is: which electoral system is best for minor parties? The ideal system would be proportional representation, but the only choices ...

Several Opposition parties including the Congress have stressed that the BJP won the 2014 Lok Sabha elections due to the FPTP process. (Image: PTI) Apart from the first-past-the-post (FPTP) system ...

As we approach another election, it’s worth noting just how flawed First Past the Post (FPTP) voting is as a system for electing candidates in single-winner elections. David Cameron saw his career ...

In the UK, although First Past The Post remains as the biggest electoral system for electing Prime Minister, other alternative electoral systems like Supplementary Voting, Additional Member System, ...

The Election Commission claimed today that results of parliamentary and provincial first-past-the-post elections would be announced within four days of starting vote counting. The poll panel added ...

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