An Electoral system where parties take a number of seats proportional to the amount of votes cast for them. PR Advantages.

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party list: political parties create a list of candidates; candidates at the top of the list are sure to be elected, those at the bottom have little chance; ...

Electoral formula 2. District Magnitude 3. Electoral threshold 4. Size of body to be elected 5. Influence of presidential elections on legislative elections

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... plurality voting. Compare plurality and proportional representation. 1. Plurality voting a. individual candidate with the most votes wins b. simple, cost ...

Second, because elections are contested at the constituency level, there can be a degree of local control over the party's choice of candidate, and parties must ...

Electoral system designers have devised several ways to achieve these proportional results, and so there are three basic kinds of PR described below: party list ...