proportional representation
method of elections in which delegates truly represent the distribution of opinions of the voting public
Proportional representation
Proportional representation (sometimes referred to as full representation, or PR), is a category of
electoral formula aiming at a close match between the percentage 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). It is often contrasted to
plurality voting systems, where disproportional seat distribution results from the division of voters into multiple electoral districts, especially "winner takes all" plurality (
FPTP) districts.
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proportional representation
Noun
1. representation of all parties in proportion to their popular vote
(hypernym) representation
Proportional representation
A method of
stockholder voting which allows minority
shareholders and groups of small
shareholders to have a better chance of getting representation on the board of directors than under statutory voting.
proportional representation
Synonyms and related words:
Australian ballot, Hare system, PR, absentee voting, aye, ballot, ballot-box stuffing, canvass, canvassing, card voting, casting vote, colonization, counting heads, cumulative system, cumulative voting, deciding vote, division, election fraud, enfranchisement, fagot vote, floating, franchise, graveyard vote, hand vote, list system, nay, no, nontransferable vote, plebiscite, plebiscitum, plumper, plural system, plural vote, poll, polling, preferential system, preferential voting, proxy, proxy voting, record vote, referendum, repeating, representation, right to vote, rising vote, say, secret ballot, show of hands, single system, single transferrable vote, single vote, single-member district, snap vote, straw vote, suffrage, transferable vote, viva voce, voice, voice vote, vote, voting, voting machine, voting right, write-in, write-in vote, yea, yeas and nays, yes
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