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Letter: Voting reform

David Howarth
Friday 13 March 1998 00:02 GMT
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WHEN elections by proportional representation lead to bargaining among political parties, British commentators are often quick to make remarks about "instability" and "horse-trading". Can we look forward to similar comments about the inability of first-past-the-post to bring stable government to India?

DAVID HOWARTH

Clare College,

Cambridge

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