damiendehorn
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Huuun...how ??? I really don't know what the system of Bangladesh is but I was under the impression that you can only have seats in the parliament proportionate to the MPAs elected from different constituencies and anymore would require you entering into a coalition with other parties to move towards that hallowed 3/4th majority.
I apologize if I've misinterpreted what you've written.
In a proportional representational system yes you would get the number of seat according to the total votes you receive, for example if party A got 30% of the vote they would get 30% of the seat in parliament, if party B got 49% of the vote they would have 49% of the seats, and if party C gets say 21% of the vote they likewise get 21% of the seats. Now if party A and C form a coalition they can form a government even though individually party B got the most votes. This to many is a fairer, but it results in weak coalitions that often don't last long.
With the first past the post system, it's different imagine a country with 100 voting regions and each region elects a member of parliament, you have a 100 seat parliament right? Now in each region say there are 3 candidates from party A,B and C. In all the regions the the candidates from party A gets 45% of the vote for simplicity's sake the candidate from party B gets say 40% of the vote and finally the candidates from party C gets 15% of the vote. So in each region the candidate from party A will win the seat for that region because he or she got the most vote. But then the result is party A get 100% or all the seats in parliament even though they got just 45% of the overall vote, and part B would no seats even though they got 40% of the overall votes.
I hope that was clear, if too long.