COMMENT | This is not a new issue. It has been bandied about many times and not surprisingly, the “one candidate, one seat” proposal is being debated again on the eve of the 14th general election.

We have heard of the intense infighting among component parties from both sides over seats. In some cases, anger had flared during meetings over seat negotiations and such outbursts were widely reported.

And we all know why such ugly episodes occur again and again. There are just not enough seats to go around. Too many new wannabe candidates emerge at the dawn of every election, eyeing almost the same number of seats available.

There are only a total of 222 parliamentary and 505 state assembly seats up for grab in GE14 - that is going by the electoral rolls used in GE13. Exclude Sarawak’s 82 state seats as the Hornbill State holds its state polls separately...