tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15283331.post7635572033205572501..comments2010-07-28T14:44:34.711+05:30Anuradhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00372329240504481682noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15283331.post-4893023121644227022010-04-11T21:08:18.565+05:302010-04-11T21:08:18.565+05:30Good point!Kirigalpoththahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00173002776907882231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15283331.post-78204959107943758852010-04-11T14:22:02.843+05:302010-04-11T14:22:02.843+05:30Despite the fact that your argument is mathematically correct, the reasoning behind that is partially misleading. The idea of the 'percentage votes' is to measure how popular a member among the party members, in this case the people who voted for the party. It can also use to compare the popularity among candidates of the same party. I agree that cross party comparison does not make much sense in this respect. In social sciences we cannot go for extreme examples like your's.sapumalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15414976382911471667noreply@blogger.com