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Proportional representation

British pronunciation/pɹəpˈɔːʃənəl ɹˌɛpɹɪzˈɛntˈeɪʃən/
American pronunciation/pɹəpˈoːɹʃənəl ɹˌɛpɹɪzˈɛntˈeɪʃən/
Proportional representation
[NOUN]
1

a system of voting where the number of seats won by a political party or group of candidates is proportional to the number of votes they receive from the electorate

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1However, other countries, like the UK, have proportional representation.
2Well, 38 of the 41 largest democracies in the world use proportional representation.
3That's proportional representation.
4That gets into proportional representation.
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