Major political parties are set to submit their closed lists of candidates under the Proportional Representation (PR) system for the House of Representatives (HoR) election–2082 BS to the Election ...

“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 ...

Analysts say while old parties such as the Congress and the UML have fielded more new candidates, new forces’ lists too ...

Nepalis often respond ambivalently when asked about a pair of systems-the three-tier federalism and the proportional ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed today referred to the proportional representation (PR) system as "permanent restlessness" that would destabilise Bangladesh. Speaking at a seminar at the ...