Assertion (A) >: In India, the political parties which formed the governments represented the majority of seats secured in the elections to the House of the People at the Centre and the Legislative Assemblies in the States but not the majority of votes. R

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Q: 64 (IAS/1994)

Assertion (A): In India, the political parties which formed the governments represented the majority of seats secured in the elections to the House of the People at the Centre and the Legislative Assemblies in the States but not the majority of votes.
Reason (R): The elections based on the majority -vote system decide the result on the basis of relative majority of votes secured. In the context of the above statements, which one of the following is correct?
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Polity

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IAS

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{'relative majority': [0, 1, 0, 0], 'political parties': [1, 0, 0, 2], 'elections': [1, 1, 0, 1], 'majority': [8, 3, 4, 5], 'india': [8, 1, 7, 13], 'votes': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'seats': [6, 6, 8, 25], 'governments': [1, 0, 0, 0], 'legislative assemblies': [2, 1, 2, 5]}