Question

A single-member district: a. is where voters elect one member from their district to the House of Representatives and to their state legislature. b. does not allow independent candidates to contest in state elections. c. is where the parliament elects one member from each district to the House of Representatives. d. is represented by multiple elected officials from different parties, according to the proportion of the vote each party receives. e. is where the parliament elects one member from each district to their state legislature.

Answer 1

A. is where voters elect one member from their district to the House of Representatives and to their state legislature.

Step-by-step explanation:

The electoral district that have one officeholder in legislature is called single-member district. Multi-member districts is the opposite of single member district. Single member districts are used in many electoral systems such as range plurality and runoff voting.

In India, the member of lower house of parliament are elected from single member districts while the member of upper house from multi-member districts. In Singapore president is elected form both multi-member and single-member districts.