India 2014 - Results

[Хahar 🤔]

It's interesting to consider that most countries with FPTP, we typically see little proliferation of minor parties; but India has piles of them.

Has their ever been any move to reform the electoral system?

The basic issue is that the literacy rate is too low for anything except FPTP or Israeli-style PR.

[Хahar 🤔]

It's interesting to consider that most countries with FPTP, we typically see little proliferation of minor parties; but India has piles of them.

Has their ever been any move to reform the electoral system?

The basic issue is that the literacy rate is too low for anything except FPTP or Israeli-style PR.

They have party emblems on ballot papers because of this, IIRC.

Indeed. It would be absurd to expect voters to rank various options or to select a party and separately select a candidate or anything of that nature.

[Хahar 🤔]

Baroda at #2 of course had a notable role in Indian political history back during the Emergency.