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The system is quite simple; rather than voting in a single-member constituency for a specific candidate, electors vote for a party in a multi-member constituency, or sometimes a whole country.
Each party's list of candidates, ranked according to the party's preference, is published on the ballot paper. All the votes are counted and each party receives seats in the constituency in the same proportion as the votes it won in that constituency.
A quota is calculated for the constituency - the number of votes required to win one seat. Those who become the party's MPs will be those placed highest in the party's list of candidates. Voters simply vote for the party, they have no say as to which candidates are elected.
The system is used in most countries in continental Europe, South Africa, Israel and Russia, and was used in Britain for the 1999 European Election (Northern Ireland will retain STV).
- The strength of such systems is that they guarantee a high degree of party proportionality. If a party receives 32% of the vote, then it will get 32% of the seats in parliament. Every vote has the same value.
- The system is also very simple for voters, who have only to make one choice for a party out of a small selection.
- The strength of such systems is that they guarantee a high degree of party proportionality. If a party receives 32% of the vote, then it will get 32% of the seats in parliament. Every vote has the same value.
- The system is also very simple for voters, who have only to make one choice for a party out of a small selection.
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