While the nomination of twelve members to the Rajya Sabha by the President is borrowed from Ireland, from which country did India borrow the procedure for the election of the remaining Rajya Sabha members?

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There is a common point of confusion here: the nomination layout is Irish, but the procedure for the election of Rajya Sabha members via proportional representation by means of single transferable vote is borrowed directly from the South African Constitution, alongside the Article 368 amendment mechanism.

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