Consider the table given below providing some details of the results of the election to the Karnataka State Legislative: Assembly held in December, 1994. In terms of electoral analysis, the voter seat distortion is to be explained as the result of the adoption of the [Political Party Popular Votes | Percentage of Seats obtained | Number of secured ; Janta Dal | 36 | 116 ; Congress | 31 | 35 ; BJP | 20.4 | 40]

The correct option is C because the First past the post system often leads to a significant mismatch between the percentage of votes polled and the number of seats won. In this system, a candidate only needs to secure more votes than any other individual challenger in a specific constituency to win the seat. As a result, a party that wins many constituencies by small margins can gain a disproportionately high number of seats compared to its total vote share. Conversely, a party with a high overall vote percentage that is spread thinly across many constituencies may win very few seats. This phenomenon is known as voter seat distortion, which is a hallmark of the First past the post system used in Indian legislative elections. The other systems mentioned, such as the Hare system, are forms of proportional representation designed specifically to minimize such distortions.