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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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