Popularity No Gauge for Winning Seats in India’s Elections

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party and Rahul Gandhi’s main opposition Congress party are trying to raise vote shares -- the percentage of total votes polled -- in their favor as the country’s election moves into its final phase.In India’s first-past-the-post system, with a large number of contenders for each seat, the winner just needs to get enough votes to win.For instance in 2014, Bhujan Samaj Party garnered 4.2% of the votes but failed to win a sing