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What is meant by seats in elections. Explain with example

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Answer 1

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In our country we follow an area based system of representation. The country is divided into different areas for purposes of elections. These areas are called electoral constituencies. [1] The voters who live in an area elect one representative and each constituency should have a roughly equal population living within it. [ii] Sometimes these constituencies are counted as seats, for each constituency represents one seat in the assembly. [2] When we say that Lok Dal won 60 seats in Haryana, it means that candidates of Lok Dal won in 60 assembly constituencies in the state and thus Lok Dal has 60 MLAs in the state assembly.

Answer 2

Answer:

What's the meaning of seats in elections?

For the purpose of elections the territory of India is divided into different regions called constituencies. The political parties choose their candidate to contest(compete) in the elections for a particular constituency. These constituencies are called seats. If a party's representative wins the election in one Constituency it means that the party has won 1 seat.

For Lok Sabha elections India is divided into 543 constituency (these are called Parliamentary constituencies) which means there are 543 seats in Lok Sabha.

The reason behind dividing India into different constituencies for election was that each constituency should have approximately equal population.

Example:

UTTAR Pradesh has 80 parliamentary constituencies (used for Lok Sabha elections) and 410 legislative Assembly Constituencies (used for elections for state legislative assembly).

If a political party wins 60 seats in UP then means that it has won elections in 60 constituencies in UP out of 80, thus holding a majority in UP. Similar is the case for state legislative assembly elections.

Each state has both Parliamentary Constituencies as well as constituencies for Sate legislative assembly elections called Assembly Constituencies.

To win in Lok Sabha a party has to attain a just-majority i.e when it has atleast won 1 more than half of the total seats (543). Half of 543 is around 271. Add 1 to it you get 272 which is the required number to form the government.

Candidates who win in a parliamentary constituency are called Members of Parliament (MP)

Candidates who win in state Assembly constituency are called Member of legislative assembly (MLA).