Tim Drayton wrote:YFred wrote:Tim Drayton wrote:YFred wrote:Tim Drayton wrote:YFred wrote:georgios100 wrote:While trying to find an example to compare with Cyprus, India came up on the search.
INDIA. In the parliamentary election in 2004, unbelievable as it may seem, some 228 political parties contested out of which 39 have representation in Parliament; many of them by just winning one seat.
Surprised? When working with numbers, you shouldn't be.
India. Population 1,139,964,932 divided by 228 parties = 49,998
Cyprus. Population 863,624 divided by 17 parties* = 50,801
* 17 parties in total (seats or no seats in parliament).
Georgios100
So what have you leared today Georgy? What conclusion have you reached today?
Divide the population of a country by 50,000 and this should tell you how many political parties that country has.
How come we have 15 then?
I don't know where you get that figure from. Name them, or shut up.
I say old chap, have we got out from the wrong side of the bed this morning?
How can we make a point without making a slight exaggeration, what?
We may well have got out from the wrong side of the bed, yes. Exaggeration, huh? Anyway, what is the de-facto population of the north? The calculation may well work.
It does, 15 TCs plus 749,985 mainlanders divided by 50,000 gives you the 15 parties YBollocks alludes to, what?