They also realized that a separate Christian electorate would further alienate them from national culture and amount to a form of compulsory segregation.

The Muslim community was made a separate electorate and granted double representation.

This is different from separate electorate practiced in other countries.

The right of separate electorate was given to the Muslims.

This conference passed the resolution to have separate electorates for the depressed classes.

Although religious, he refused to mix politics and religion refusing to have separate religion-based electorates.

At a national level, Caversham was a separate electorate from 1866 to 1908.

In such separate electorates only Muslims could stand for elections.

Christian and Hindu leaders conducted a boycott to protest against the system of separate electorates during the local elections.

Ten of the 217 seats are reserved for religious minorities, who vote as separate electorates.