Electoral systems - Extra

5 important questions on Electoral systems - Extra

What is the effect of the district magnitude ('kieskring') on the electoral system?

The greater the district magnitude, the more proportional your PR-list-system is, the more less proportional your majoritarian system is.

A smaller district magnitude will have a smaller amount of seats to distribute. What is the effect of this on the electoral treshold?

  • The natural electoral treshold will higher: this means that it is difficult for smaller parties to gain seats!

Explain the jackpot-system, like Greece it has. What is the goal?

  • Largest party obtains 50 extra seats in parliament: this rule was implemented to AVOID coalition governments.
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Size DOES matter, at least in parliament. How BIGGER the size of a parliament, how [MORE or LESS] proportional representation can happen and how [MORE or LESS] power bigger parties have.

  • Bigger size of parliament
    • More proportional representation
    • Less power bigger parties

What is the relationship between the disproportionality of an electoral system and the effective number of parties?

The more disproportional an electoral system is, the FEWER the effective number of parties in a legislator will be.

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