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India has first past the post. Over 25 different parties got a seat in 2019 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Indian_general_election)

I think having political alliances (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_alliance) helps in that.

Now, whether that’s a good idea is debatable. https://web.archive.org/web/20081220163843/http://www.econom...:

“Of the 522 members of India’s current parliament, 120 are facing criminal charges; around 40 of these are accused of serious crimes, including murder and rape. Most Indian politicians are presumed to be corrupt, which is less surprising. In India’s poor and fractious society patronage politics is inevitable“