Electoral system for national legislature

Parliamentary Elections, 18 September 2010 - OSCE/ODIHR Election Support Team Report, http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/73723

The current electoral system in part hinders party development. Only 1.7 per cent of candidates ran on party tickets in 2010, a clear indicator of the extremely marginal role that political parties play in Afghanistan. The weakness of political parties has been partly attributed to the use of the Single Non-Transferable Vote (SNTV) electoral system, which is well known to be a limiting factor for party development. ..... The 2010 Electoral Law does not prescribe a specific electoral system, but instead states that seats shall be assigned to “the candidates who receive the greatest number of votes.” Although changing the electoral system may not necessarily require a change of legislation, it may be desirable to provide legal certainty to build support for the new system.