1. If a political party wins only one seat, candidate of which system should be selected? If a political party wins a single seat in the parliamentary PR election, the party is free to select ...

Since the fall of the Awami League government in August last year, several political parties in Bangladesh have been calling for electoral reform, most notably the introduction of a proportional ...

“I don’t think my vote will count this time. I don’t understand any of this PR system. I am not sure who I am even supposed to vote for.” This is a frustrated remark from a tea vendor at a small stall ...

Voting right down the ballot paper gives you greater control. It lets you better exercise your democratic rights and fine-tune your political choices WE ARE privileged to have a voting system that ...

Nepalis often respond ambivalently when asked about a pair of systems-the three-tier federalism and the proportional ...

THE interim government’s reform drive, initiated last October through the formation of six commissions, has entered a crucial phase. These commissions — focusing on constitutional, electoral, judicial ...

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has warned that elections held under the proportional representation (PR) system could lead to numerous anti-political incidents. He was speaking ...

As the date for Constituent Assembly election is drawing close, political parties are themselves bogged down in the hair-splitting job — meeting the conditionality for fielding candidates under the ...

BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed today referred to the proportional representation (PR) system as "permanent restlessness" that would destabilise Bangladesh. Speaking at a seminar at the ...

"I don't think my vote will count this time. I don't understand any of this PR system. I am not sure who I am even supposed to vote for." This is a frustrated remark from a tea vendor at a small stall ...