A big majority of people don’t realize the method for the computation of party-list MPs, particularly an argument more than whether to divide the party-list ballots by 100 or even 500, according to the consequence of a survey from the National Institute associated with Development Administration, or even Nida Poll.
The vote was conducted on July 11-13 by telephone interviews with 1, 312 people aged 18 plus over of various levels of education, occupations and incomes throughout the country after Parliament on July 6 voted to approve a proposal by Brand new Palang Dharma Party leader Ravee Maschamadol to divide the number of party-list votes simply by 500, rather than a hundred as originally proposed.
Underneath the approved formula, the 500 figure – the total number of many MPs, comprising 400 from constituencies and 100 from party-lists – will be used to divide party-list ballots to determine the minimum number of listed MPs for each political party.
Asked whether they understand the calculation technique, particularly over the use of 500 or one hundred to divide the party-list votes, sixty two. 35% said “no”, not at all; 21. 11% said “yes”, yet only a little; 11. 74% said “yes”, somewhat; and 4. 80% said “yes”, fully.
Of the respondents with full and reasonable understanding (217), whenever asked to comment about the Parliament’s decision to divide simply by 500, their responses were split – with 36. 41% in total disagreement; thirty. 41% in reasonable agreement; 16. 59% in full agreement; and 16. 59% in moderate disagreement.
When the 217 respondents with full and moderate understanding of the calculation technique were asked precisely why Parliament members the very best to use 500, the particular replies varied:
– 28. 11% said these people wanted all party-list votes to be meaningful;
– twenty three. 96% said celebrations in the present coalition authorities wanted to stay on following the next election;
– 20. 28% said they wanted small parties to get some seats in Parliament;
: 17. 97% said they did not want any particular part of win by a landslide; and
— 9. 68% mentioned did so in exchange for votes to aid the prime minister plus 10 other cabinet members in the forthcoming no-confidence debate.
Asked in order to comment on the House of Representatives having two types of MPs, from constituencies and party-lists, 58. 39% mentioned they wanted to have got both types of MPs; 33. 38% mentioned there should be only constituency MPs; and 8. 23% said there should be only party-list MPs.