Votes, Parties, and Seats: A Quantitative Analysis of Indian Parliamentary Elections, 1962-2014

by Vani Kant Borooah (Author)

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  2016

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  Parliamentary elections in India - and also elections to its state assemblies - are conducted under the First Past the Post (FPTP) system whereby a single representative for each of the 543 constituencies is elected as a Member of the Lok Sabha, on the basis of obtaining the largest number of all the candidates contesting that constituency.