Proposal for the 20th amendment from a LeN reader

(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 

spkwarna@hotmail.com

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