<P> The British trade unionist George Howell used the phrase `` one man , one vote '' in political pamphlets in 1880 . During the 20th - century period of decolonisation and the struggles for national sovereignty , from the late 1940s onwards this phrase became widely used in developing countries where majority populations sought to gain political power in proportion to their numbers . </P>
<P> The British trade unionist George Howell used the phrase `` one man , one vote '' in political pamphlets in 1880 . During the 20th - century period of decolonisation and the struggles for national sovereignty , from the late 1940s onwards this phrase became widely used in developing countries where majority populations sought to gain political power in proportion to their numbers . </P>
who mentioned democratic principle one person one vote in his book
who mentioned democratic principle one person one vote in his book
George Howell
George Howell