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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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, ...

In Bangladesh elections, we practise the first-past-the-post (FPTP) system. The candidate receiving the highest number of votes in a constituency wins a seat in parliament. The political party winning ...

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 ...

Britain, as a constitutional monarchy, with an unwritten constitution and a first past the post (FPTP) electoral system, has the most unique governance ensemble among the leading liberal democracies.

Programmes under the proportional representation (PR) electoral system for the House of Representatives (HoR) election are set to begin on December 6. The Election Commission (EC) on Sunday ...

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 ...

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 ...