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Proportional representation   /prəpˈɔrʃənəl rˌɛprəzɛntˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Proportional representation

noun
1.
Representation of all parties in proportion to their popular vote.





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"Proportional representation" Quotes from Famous Books



... by some students of government to insure to minorities an actual voice in government is that of PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION of parties in legislative bodies. By this plan each party would be represented in proportion to its strength. If two parties were of about equal strength they would be represented equally; if one were twice as strong ...
— Community Civics and Rural Life • Arthur W. Dunn
... Membership of the government, it was decided, must be for life, save in the exceptional case of a recall; but the elections, which were held quinquenially, were arranged to add fifty members on each occasion. The method of proportional representation with one transferable vote was adopted, and the voter might also write upon his voting paper in a specially marked space, the name of any of his representatives that he wished to recall. A ruler was recallable by ...
— The World Set Free • Herbert George Wells


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