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KC Ranzé Chronicle: The Risks of Comparing... What is Not Comparable

KC Ranzé Chronicle: The Risks of Comparing... What is Not Comparable

Paul Bérenger wishes to maintain the Best Loser System (BLS), at least for a while, or for at least one election. Navin Ramgoolam does not view electoral reform as so timid. For him, reform means eliminating the BLS, and even partially adjusting the proportional representation (PR) would render the BLS obsolete.

Bérenger justifies his preference for keeping the BLS by referencing the 1948 election, which did not elect a single representative...