What do you understand by Simple Majority Representation System?

A.VERIFIED ANSWERfact-checked by tutors

The Simple Majority Representation System declares the candidate elected who secures
votes more than others. In this system to secure absolute majority is not necessary. In
this system in the case of multi-cornered contests, candidate even with less than 50%
votes is elected.

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