Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A

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Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):

Assertion (A) : In India, the political parties which formed the governments represented the majority of seats secured in the elections to the House of the People at the Centre and the Legislative Assemblies in the States but not the majority of votes.

Reason (R) : The result of elections based on the majority-vote-system is decided on the basis of the relative majority of votes secured.

In the context of the above two statements which one of the following is correct?

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Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not a correct explanation of (A).

(A) is true but, (R) is false.

(A) is false but, (R) is true.

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