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REVEALED: Committee votes for two ballot papers with different numbers | Rare Historical Photos

The parliamentary committee scrutinising a bill to amend the law on elections of MPs on Wednesday voted 32-14 with one abstention to have two ballot papers with different numbers - one for constituency MPs and the other for preferred political party, used to calculate party-list seats.

The amendment follows passage last year of a constitutional amendment to restore the two-ballot system for the next general election.

However, parliamentarians were divided  - one said constituency candidates and their parties should have the same number on the ballots, while the other said said they should have different numbers.

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