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By *erryspringer OP Man
25 weeks ago

Glasgow

Just watching the news and the Indian elections have just finished. 969 million eligible voters (thats more than the USA, UK, Brazil and Japan electrol put together) voting for just 543 MPs.

In the UK we will have under 50m voting for 650 MPs. Do we have too many MPs and has it just become a gravy train..

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By *ostindreamsMan
25 weeks ago

London

That's because in India, the powers are shared between central government and state government. Some even consider state government elections to be more important because their policies affect people directly more than the central government policies.

There are separate state government elections where they elect MLAs(as opposed to MPs) and the number of MLAs is much higher, probably closer to number of MPs per capita in UK

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By *erryspringer OP Man
25 weeks ago

Glasgow

"That's because in India, the powers are shared between central government and state government. Some even consider state government elections to be more important because their policies affect people directly more than the central government policies.

There are separate state government elections where they elect MLAs(as opposed to MPs) and the number of MLAs is much higher, probably closer to number of MPs per capita in UK"

True but we also have devolved assemblies for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland with their representatives.

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By *ostindreamsMan
25 weeks ago

London

There are separate state government elections where they elect MLAs(as opposed to MPs) and the number of MLAs is much higher, probably closer to number of MPs per capita in UK

True but we also have devolved assemblies for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland with their representatives."

That's fair. Then we may also have to create a separate devolved government for England and reduce the powers of UK government.

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By *atEvolutionCouple
25 weeks ago

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"Just watching the news and the Indian elections have just finished. 969 million eligible voters (thats more than the USA, UK, Brazil and Japan electrol put together) voting for just 543 MPs.

In the UK we will have under 50m voting for 650 MPs. Do we have too many MPs and has it just become a gravy train.."

That really means that Indian Citizens are grossly underrepresented in the Parliamentary Democracy.

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By *erryspringer OP Man
25 weeks ago

Glasgow

"Just watching the news and the Indian elections have just finished. 969 million eligible voters (thats more than the USA, UK, Brazil and Japan electrol put together) voting for just 543 MPs.

In the UK we will have under 50m voting for 650 MPs. Do we have too many MPs and has it just become a gravy train..

That really means that Indian Citizens are grossly underrepresented in the Parliamentary Democracy.

Yes they have the least number of representatives per capita. 1 MP per 2.6m. Even the United States is number 3 on the list a representative for every 733,000.

UK is 60th on the list with a representative for 98,000 people.

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By (user no longer on site)
25 weeks ago

Indian elections are joke. Buying votes with cash and other gifts like alcohol, drugs, food, pressure cookers etc in the run up to elections is rampant in India. Some of the candidates could be spending up to 1,000 rupees or $15 on every voter in their community

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By *ostindreamsMan
24 weeks ago

London

All predictions show an easy win for BJP. Third term in a row is quite an achievement.

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By *ulie.your. bottom. slutTV/TS
24 weeks ago

Glasgow

"Indian elections are joke. Buying votes with cash and other gifts like alcohol, drugs, food, pressure cookers etc in the run up to elections is rampant in India. Some of the candidates could be spending up to 1,000 rupees or $15 on every voter in their community

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I was in India last year. The previous time I was there was the 70s. The difference is amazing. Still see poor people begging but very few. Back then you couldn't move without being flocked.

Considering its only been a democracy less than 100 years, I think the progress has been impressive. If you compare it to other countries who gained independence around the same time. You cannot compare it with European democracies who have been going for much longer.

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24 weeks ago

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By (user no longer on site)
24 weeks ago

Indian voters get greedy and reject Modi’s vision for one party state in win for competitive bribes

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By *ostindreamsMan
24 weeks ago

London

Great election results for India IMO. Good to see Modi/BJP form government again. Them losing some seats and having to depend on coalition also grounds them a bit as it looked like they were letting success get into their head.

The country has been on growth for the last three decades. They also started gaining a lot of Geopolitical power. Hopefully this continues.

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