Sentence examples for electorate seats from inspiring English sources

The league's readiness to unite with the Congress Party was attributed to the pact's stipulation that Muslims should receive a far higher proportion of separate electorate seats in all legislative councils than they had enjoyed under the act of 1909.

Separate electorate seats, as well as special guarantees of Muslim "autonomy" or "veto powers" in dealing with sensitive religious issues, were hoped to be sufficient to avert civil war or any need for actual partition.

Since the, there have been 70 electorate seats (which includes, since the 1996 election, 7 Māori electorates), and the remaining fifty seats are assigned so that representation in parliament reflects the party vote, although a party has to win one electoral seat or 5 percent of the total party vote before it is eligible for these seats.

Due to the mechanics of the Mixed Member Proportional electoral system, they need only to gain one electorate seat to also receive a sub five per cent proportional representation in Parliament.

Parties get representation in parliament either by winning an electorate seat or by getting 5% of the party vote.

The rightwing family-values Conservative party, on 4.3%, looked unlikely to make the 5% threshold that is required to enter parliament by any party without an electorate seat.

The rightwing family-values Conservative party, funded by the millions of its leader Colin Craig, finished the night on 4%, failing to reach the crucial 5% threshold that is required to enter parliament by any party without an electorate seat.

The Conservative party has been polling just below the 5% threshold required to enter parliament without winning an electorate seat, while NZ First looks certain to return, with the One News poll putting it on 8%.

Thus, the offer of separate-electorate seats for the untouchables was withdrawn.

The Congress Party was, predictably, unhappy at the extension of communal representation but became particularly outraged at the British offer of separate-electorate seats for "depressed classes," meaning the so-called "untouchables".

It will still be very difficult for the party to win any seats, since the electorate can vote tactically in a three-way run-off to keep out the National Front.