Breaking the Deadlock Electoral Reforms for a Fresh Electoral Process 3

People’s representatives are responsible and accountable for and by the voters is the main objective.

1.      Each electoral district is divided into many polling divisions – each polling division will be electing one, or in very few of the polling divisions it may be two or three members and the votes entitled also two or three per voter for those relevant constituencies.

2.      Each vote cast for a candidate is also assumed as vote for the political party or group as well represented by that candidate, the exception will be that of absolute independent candidates. The process is FPPS very similar as in 1977 general election totaling 168meebers.   

3.     Each electoral district (ED) is allocated 5 seats irrespective of strength of voters  minimum of  5,  (A total of 5 x 22) members for PRS representation.

4.     Total turnout ED for losers is deduced by deducting each FPPS winners votes from total turnout from each polling division and added, here in after referred to as “ED Losers Turnout” and that will be the basis to select the members from each political party for each ED

5.       ED Losers Turnout for each ED is divided by the number of allotted members (5) of the relevant ED and the resultant will be known as Standard Votes for Proportionate Representation ED (SVPRED)

6.      Total votes accumulated in an ED by each political party through their respective candidates from the polling divisions FPPS is summed and tabulated. This would be known as Political parties Accumulated Votes for ED   (PAVED) Tabulation.

7.  The exact percentage of PAVED obtained out of SVPRED for each political party is the merit index; deducting the PAVED from SVPRED will yield the deviation votes from obtaining a seat. The lowest deviation votes obtained by a political party is again divided by SVPRED to obtain a party qualifying fraction PQF

8.   Based on above, 5, 6 & 7 best performed of political parties will share the allocated number of seats from each ED according to the merit list prepared. If allotted seats are three for ED best of three will share the seats.

11.  Merit system and merit list are derived from the cast vote and applied to elect and select the  best political party to be represented  in the parliament and anyway does not implies that any political party enabled itself into the merit system ensured of a seat.

12. National list system is done away with.