In 2014 Indian general elections,
the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, AIADMK, has swept 37 seats out of
39 in Tamilnadu and the National Democratic Alliance, NDA , managed with 2
seats one each to the Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, and the Pattali Makkal
Katchi, PMK. There were 45 political parties were in the fray in Tamilnadu. Tamilnadu
has registered 73.68% voter turnout. The AIADMK is voted 44.27% and secured 37
seats ie 94.87% of seats, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, DMK which is voted
23.57% NOT able to secure a single seat.
When the people vote for a party
they expect their representatives to reflect their interests in law making and
policy making bodies. There is no single representative for a party which is
voted 23.57%. Does it NOT show that we need to seriously find an alternative
method which ensure fair representation?
The
First-Past-The-Post ,FPTP, system has such serious problem that it failed to
represent the parties according to their share in votes. Every voter has to be represented.
India has to seriously consider the propositional
representation(PR) to ensure fair representation for the parties which has
secured considerable number of votes. The FPTP as a system is introduced by the
colonial rulers to elect Indian representatives in the colonial governments.
Colonialist need NOT to worry who is representing the Indian people , it’s just
a number for them. After independence the Indian National Congress followed the
same since it enjoys great advantage in the system.
For
sake argument lets analyze how the parties would have been represented in the
16th Lok Shabha from Tamilnadu under PR.
Please refer the attached spreadsheet.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ggXqhpvXb3Lvlg5PWidXm9Mf38QGaGkBHGwvS2a3VAk/edit?usp=sharing
Tamilnadu has 39 seats , a party
or a person who is voted 2.564% should be able to represent one seat. This
figure will vary from state to state for, example for Karnataka it’s 100/28 ie
3.571 and for UP it’s 1.25.
Col A
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Party’s Name
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Col B
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Number seats won in 16th LS
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Col C
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Votes Polled for the party in 16th LS
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Col D
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% of vote share ( calculated including NoTA )
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Col E
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% of vote share ( calculated excluding NoTA )
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Col F
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Party’s vote share – 2.564 (least % that any party should have for a
representation )
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Col G
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% of votes adjusted by considering only eligible parties
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Col F
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Seats as PR
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Under PR, ADMK would have got 19
seats, DMK – 10 and PMK, BJP , Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam and Indian
National Congress would have secured 2 seats each. Importantly, the people who
have voted for the parties would have been satisfied that they are represented.
Indian people should think seriously for such alternative system in order to be
represented.
Overall Results :
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