(Lanka-e-News -16.June.2015, 7.30 PM)
Dear E news Readers,
I have Some suggestion on new 20th amendment. I think you can send this to society and have a debate with better outcome.
I am a Sri Lankan citizen and a Scientist worked in Sri Lanka New Zealand and then in Australia. But I am not a political scientist nor a politician. There fore this method may have weakness I may not seen. However it is open for the debate.
Current Proportionate method is a good system as it is try to represent all community and try to give a value for each vote. But to get votes or preferential (Manapa) from a entire district would create more damage than the benefit we get out of it.
Therefor in short we can mix both system together.
Each electorate can go on previous system . So Candidates go to election in previous system.
For example Party A Mr X, Party B Mr Y Party C Mr Z.
A and B Big parties and C is a small party.
In previous system if A win, Votes voted for C and B does not have any value. Some time A wining with a small majority and total for B and C more than the A.
Current system after 1977 , when it take whole District even in same distribution in entire district Party B can have representation in district by addition of all electorates B voters and party c can have adding entire country by national list. Otherwise C never get any representation in parliament.
Proposed system (open for debate)
1 Election conduct under previous system. X,Y and Z compete.
2 Counting doing as in current system but no "Mnapa".
Votes for X is consider as vote for Party A
Y is for Party B and
Z is for party C
Add all other electorates in District together. Then can decide number of seats in district for each party in the district. And finally each electorate standardized to 100000 and decide wining MPS.
For Example I took 2010 election in Matale District in random. ( I am from Matale) Calculation is attached.
NB subject to Good mathematician can alter my calculation.
In my calculation matale in 2010 election will get 1 MP from Matele for UNP and 4 from UFPA non for DNA but DNA votes can count decide national list.
If no bonus seat counts this will give 3 UFPA and 1 unp (as per before 1977 all 4 from UFPA and non from UNP)
By - Saman Warnakulasooriya
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by (2015-06-16 15:28:32)
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we were voting from 1931 to elect members for the legislator but are sure that we have got the correct person there .today mejority without o/l or a/l in parliament after 60 yrs of free education. you dr's prof's hr managers ,teachers most of lawyers,and so called intellectuals go behind them to have some xtra perks .FRANCHISE do we need.
-- by sabn on 2015-06-16