proportional representation
21proportional representation — noun (U) PR; a system of voting in elections by which all political parties are represented in the government according to the number of votes they receive in the whole country …
22proportional representation — UK / US noun [uncountable] a system of voting in which the number of representatives in government from each political party is based on the number of votes each party receives …
23proportional representation — A generic term for various involved systems of voting, similar in essentials, but varying in details, usually having reference in particular to the election of a legislative body, the underlying theory being that the conventional system of… …
24Mixed-member proportional representation — Part of the Politics series Electoral methods Single winner …
25Mixed member proportional representation — Mixed member proportional representation, also termed mixed member proportional voting and commonly abbreviated to MMP, is an additional member voting system used to elect representatives to numerous legislatures around the world. MMP is similar… …
26Party-list proportional representation — systems are a family of voting systems used in multiple winner elections (e.g. elections to parliament), emphasizing proportional representation (PR). They can also be used as part of mixed additional member systems. In these systems, parties… …
27Southern Kanto proportional representation block — The Southern Kantō proportional representation block (Hirei [daihyō] Minami Kantō burokku (比例[代表]南関東ブロック?)) is one of eleven proportional representation (PR) blocks , multi member constituencies for the House of Representatives in the Diet of… …
28representation — rep‧re‧sen‧ta‧tion [ˌreprɪzenˈteɪʆn] noun 1. [uncountable] when someone else speaks for you: • There has been a decline in union representation in the auto industry. ˌboard represenˈtation when the heads of particular departments or groups… …
29proportional — proportional, proportionate Both words mean ‘in due proportion, comparable’, and are used almost interchangeably, except in certain fixed expressions such as proportional parts and proportional representation. Otherwise, when proportional occurs… …
30Representation (politics) — Part of the Politics series Democracy History · Vari …
