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Most want small parties to have chance of winning seats

As a bill to amend the law on the election of MPs is being processed in parliament, most people want small parties to have a chance of winning seats in the House of Representatives, as they did in the March 24, 2019 election, according to an opinion survey by the National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll.

The poll was conducted on March 28-30 by telephone interviews with 1,314 people aged 18 and over of various levels of education and occupations throughout the country to compile their opinions on the law on the election of MPs being amended in parliament.

Asked whether the law should be amended in a way to give small parties a chance to win House seats, as in the 2019 election, 47.79% of the respondents said they highly agreed with this and 30.97% were in moderate agreement. On the other side, 14.54% totally disagreed with that and 5.71%…

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