Consider the table given below providing some details of the results of the election to the Karnataka
Consider the table given below providing some details of the results of the election to the Karnataka State Legislature Assembly held in December, 1994 :
| Political Party Popular Votes | Percentage. of Seats obtained | Number of secured |
| Janta Dal | 36 | 116 |
| Congress | 31 | 35 |
| BJP | 20.4 | 40 |
In terms of electoral analysis, the voter-seat distortion is to be explained as the result of the adoption of the:
(a) hare system
(b) cumulative vote system
(c) first-past-the post system
(d) plural vote system
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(c) Under First Past The Post (FPTP) voting takes place in constituencies that elect a single MP. Voters put a cross in a box next to their favoured candidate and the candidate with the most votes in the constituency wins. All other votes count for nothing.
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