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MDHIAN 2979
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THE GOVERNMENT BELIEVES THAT DIRECT ELECTIONS ARE BEST CARRIED OUT ON THE BASIS OF SINGLE-SEAT GEOGRAPHICAL CONSTIT- UENCIES. THIS RAISES THE QUESTION OF WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PRESENT GEOGRAPHICALLY-BASED ELECTORAL COLLEGE SEATS. IT IS DIFFICULT TO SEE ANY ADVANTAGE IN HAVING TWO PARALLEL SYSTEMS OF GEOGRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, OPERATING BOTH DIRECTLY AND THROUGH DISTRICT BOARDS. THAT WOULD MEAN HAVING MEMBERS ELECTED ON A GEOGRAPHICAL BASIS BY BOTH DIRECT AND INDIRECT METHODS. IN ADDITION, HAVING TWO TYPES OF GEOGRAPHICALLY ELECTED MEMBERS WOULD INVOLVE SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASING THE SIZE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND UPSETTING ITS OVERALL BALANCE. THE GOVERNMENT HAS THEREFORE DECIDED THAT, IN 1991, THERE SHOULD BE TEN DIRECTLY ELECTED SEATS, ONE FROM EACH OF TEN DISTRICT-BASED CONSTIT- UENCIES, AND THAT THESE SHOULD TAKE THE PLACE OF THE TEN SEATS CURRENTLY FILLED BY INDIRECT ELECTIONS FROM THE DISTRICT BOARDS. THE FUTURE OF THE REMAINING TWO ELECTORAL COLLEGE SEATS THOSE ELECTED BY MEMBERS OF THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS IS DISCUSSED IN CHAPTER V OF THIS WHITE PAPER.
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