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 ...

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 ...

EVER since I first became interested in politics there has been a debate about our voting system. This came to a head in 2011 when a UK-wide referendum was held to replace our First Past the Post ...

A legitimate concern about the upcoming referendum is that the ballot has been skewed to favour proportional representation over first-past-the-post. This is because the ballot consists of two ...

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 ...

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 ...

Why you should vote Yes to AV on 5 May. By Staff Blogger Tweet In this week’s Easter double issue (out today in London and the rest of the country tomorrow), the New Statesman endorses the Alternative ...

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