what is meant by seats in elections? explain with example
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Seats in the election denote the number of constituencies. Every constituency will be counted as seats.
Every constituency will denote one seat within the Lok Sabha or assembly.
The country is classified into 543 constituencies for the sake of Lok Sabha elections.
Moreover, there are 543 seats in the Lok Sabha for those contestants will take part in contest elections.
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Though seats are reserved for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, they are elected by all the voters in a constituency, without any separate electorate. For example, the death of Donald Dewar resulted in a by-election for the constituency of Glasgow Anniesland. If a vacancy arises from the death or resignation of a party list member, the next unelected candidate on the party list is offered the seat.