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Regional parties will get stronger: Prannoy Roy
by Guest Tue Mar 06, 2012 1:11 pm
Q: Don't you think regional parties will play a major role in coming years in Indian politics?
Prannoy Roy: I think that is true. Regional parties have already been on the rise over the years and continually get stronger. It is partly to do with the first-past-the-post system which we’ve copied from the British. Under this system, unlike under a proportional representation, you get many more seats for the same number of votes if your votes are concentrated in one area. For example, if you get five per cent of the national vote and it is spread all over the country, you will get no seats. But if you get five per cent of the votes, and it is all in Andhra Pradesh, or all in Kerala, or all in Tamil Nadu but it adds up to only five per cent of India’s vote, you will get 40 seats. So the return for concentrated seats, both regional or caste-wise voting, is very high in the first-past-the-post system. I think it is unfortunate because it encourages small groups being formed and people going for particular castes and it encourages regionalism, but that’s what we have and as long as this system remains, regional parties will become stronger and stronger.
http://www.ndtv.com/article/assembly-polls/assembly-election-results-prannoy-roy-vikram-chandra-answer-your-qs-182990?pfrom=home-otherstories
Prannoy Roy: I think that is true. Regional parties have already been on the rise over the years and continually get stronger. It is partly to do with the first-past-the-post system which we’ve copied from the British. Under this system, unlike under a proportional representation, you get many more seats for the same number of votes if your votes are concentrated in one area. For example, if you get five per cent of the national vote and it is spread all over the country, you will get no seats. But if you get five per cent of the votes, and it is all in Andhra Pradesh, or all in Kerala, or all in Tamil Nadu but it adds up to only five per cent of India’s vote, you will get 40 seats. So the return for concentrated seats, both regional or caste-wise voting, is very high in the first-past-the-post system. I think it is unfortunate because it encourages small groups being formed and people going for particular castes and it encourages regionalism, but that’s what we have and as long as this system remains, regional parties will become stronger and stronger.
http://www.ndtv.com/article/assembly-polls/assembly-election-results-prannoy-roy-vikram-chandra-answer-your-qs-182990?pfrom=home-otherstories
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