True or false: Under first past the post, the candidate with the largest number of votes in a constituency wins the seat.

ATrueRight answer
BFalse

Answer: True

True. The winning candidate in each constituency is simply the one with the most votes, and the party that wins a majority of constituencies usually forms the government.

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