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THE CHANGING POLITICAL LANDSCAPE:
THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS
This
paper
features of the
The
attempts to identify the principal
changing political landscape based on an
assessment of the outcome of the District Board elections.
analysis concentrates on the relative strength of the
parties within two broad political camps: the "democrats"
and the "conservatives".
THE EMERGING LANDSCAPE
2.
The District Board elections showed the following
changes in the political landscape:
(a) The electorate seems to welcome the emergence
(b)
of party politics and
the clear choice
between a "democratic" and a "conservative"
camp.
Party labelling seems to have been more
of an asset than a liability for candidates.
Although the number of independents remains
high, most of these will soon become absorbed
into one or other of the main camps;
The CCP's
anxieties
would
fare
badly
that its United Front
in open elections
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