Sri Lanka, March 12 -- Colombo, March 12 () - Ahead of the pending national elections, the government has made fresh attempts to bring about changes to the parliamentary election system by seeking to amend the Parliamentary Elections Act, a Minister said.

Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe presented a Cabinet paper last week seeking to introduce a mixed electoral system. Under the new system, 160 MPs will be elected under the First Past the Post System and 1nother 65 MPs under proportional representation.

Under FPTP, the candidate who receives the most votes in a local constituency wins a seat in the House. By contrast, PR is the idea that parties' seats in Parliament should be allocated so that they are in proportion to the number ...