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PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION [1 record]

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Record 1 2010-05-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electoral Systems and Political Parties
DEF

An electoral system designed to represent in a legislative body each political group or party in optimum proportion to its actual voting strength in a community.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes électoraux et partis politiques
DEF

[Un] système électoral selon lequel les sièges à pourvoir dans chaque circonscription sont attribués à chacun des partis proportionnellement au nombre de suffrages qu'il a réunis.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas electorales y partidos políticos
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