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proportional representation

NOUN
  1. representation of all parties in proportion to their popular vote

How To Use proportional representation In A Sentence

  • The monopoly in politics, or bossism, may possibly be abolished by direct legislation or by proportional representation.
  • Voting will be by means of proportional representation with the number of seats a political party gets corresponding to its overall share of the vote.
  • In this election, as in the last, almost every female candidate would have to be elected for the assembly to reach proportional representation.
  • It may be objected that the Royal Commission which issued its Report last spring, did not recommend the incorporation of proportional representation into our electoral system. Proportional Representation A Study in Methods of Election
  • In Finland and Norway elections between the wars were conducted on the basis of the "list" system of proportional representation. Fascists and Conservatives
  • The system of proportional representation has led to the minority parties continually holding the balance of power in the parliament.
  • The Dail is elected using proportional representation, and in a united Ireland, Protestants would make up close to 20% of the population. Matthew Yglesias » Learning From Belfast
  • Seven Australian parliamentary chambers are elected using proportional representation, and four use optional preferential voting.
  • The first irony is that AV is not a system of proportional representation at all. Times, Sunday Times
  • My call for compulsory voting is coupled with a call for proportional representation.
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