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proportional representation definitions
# Definition Sets
1an election system in which each party running receives the proportion of legislative seats corresponding to its proportion of the vote.16 sets
2an electoral system used throughout most of europe that awards legislative seats to political parties in proportion to the number of votes won in an election.10 sets
3representation of all parties in proportion to their popular vote9 sets
4political parties secure legislative seats and power in proportion to the number of votes received in the election6 sets
5an election system in which each party running receives the proportion of legislature seats corresponding to its proportion of the vote.5 sets
6an electoral system used throughout most of europe that awards legislative seats to political parties in proportion to the number of votes won in an election5 sets
7system of electing members of the legislature, in which the number of seats given to a particular party is determined by the percentage of the popular vote which goes to that party. this system is used in many countries, including most european nations.4 sets
8an election system in which each party running receives the proportion of legislative seats corresponding to its proportion of the vote4 sets
9the idea that each representative should represent a similar sized population of people, for example if the green party received 3% of the vote for congress they would get 3% of the seats in congress3 sets
10the awarding of legislative seats to political parties to reflect the proportion of the popular vote each party receives3 sets
11an electoral system in which members of legislatures are chosen in proportion to the numbers of votes their parties receive.3 sets
12an electoral system in which voters select parties rather than individual candidates and parties are represented in legislatures in proportion to the shares of votes they win2 sets
13a voting system that apportions legislative seats according to the percentage of the vote won by a particular political party2 sets
14a category of electoral formulas between the percentage of votes and percentage of seats provided2 sets
15an electoral system in which seats in a legislature are divided according to the proportion of votes each political party receives2 sets
16a multiple-member district system that allows each political party representation in proportion to its percentage of the total vote2 sets
17legislative seats awarded based on votes received by the party2 sets
18a system in which several officials are elected to represent the same area in proportion to the votes each party's candidate recieves; used in presidential primaries to elect delegates in proportion to their popular vote.2 sets
19a method of voting by which political parties are given legislative representation in proportion to their popular vote2 sets
20each state is represented based on population2 sets
21electorate votes for party slates; seats are allocated based on the per cent of the vote each party gets2 sets
22a multiple-member-district system that allows each political party representation in proportion to its percentage of the vote2 sets
23each state has a proportional number of representatives to their population2 sets
24is a category of electoral formulas aimed at a close match between the % of votes that groups of candidates (grouped by a certain measure) obtain in elections and the percentage of seats they receive (usually in legislative assemblies). is a democratic principle rather than an electoral system in itself1 set
25representation system in which the seats of government are distributed in proportion to the votes received by candidates or parties.1 set
26candidate who wins at leave 5 percent of the votes in the primary gets the amount of delegates that match up with their share of the primary vote1 set
27any candidate who wins at least 15% of teh votes cast in a primary gets the number of that state's democratic convention delegates that corresponds to his/her share of that primary vote1 set
28the voting system that looks at the proportion of votes each party gets and distributes seats in line with that percentage (e.g. a party with 25% of the vote gets 25% of the seats).1 set
29allocation of delegates based on the percentage of votes the candidate receives in the primary (democrats favor this)1 set
30seats are allocated based on votes recieved, most parilmetns elect this way, you vote for a party not inndividual candidates, promotes minor parties and compromise1 set
31voting system that apportions legislative seats according to the percentage of the vote won by a particular party1 set
32a method commonly used in europe in which all parties submit a list of candidates and a certain percentage of seats are granted to that party.1 set
33rule applied in democratic primaries whereby any candidate who wins at least 15 percent of the votes gets the number of state democratic conventoin dlegates based on his or her share of that primary vote1 set
34any candidate who wins at least 15% of the votes cast, gets that share in the presidential primary1 set
35an electoral system in which legislative seats are awarded to candidates or parties in proprtion to the percentage of votes received1 set
36electoral system in which parties receive a share of seats in parliament that is proportional to the popular vote they recieve1 set
37an election system based on elections from multimember districts. the number of seats awared to each party in each district is equal to the precentage of the total party recieves in the district.1 set
38elections based on party in which party receives seats based on percentage of vote1 set
39in the context of american government, the electoral system in which the number of representatives for a state is based on the number of people living in the state. proportional representation is used to determine the number of each state's representatives in the u.s. house of representative1 set
40assigns parliamentary seats in a proportion to the % of voters in that district1 set