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Does First-Past-the-Post always give disproportional election results?

April 26, 2017disproportional election first-past-the-post results

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Does First-Past-the-Post always give disproportional election results?

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First-Past-the-Post is not designed to ensure that political parties’ share of seats match their share of the popular vote – there is often a wide variance between the two. Sometimes, however, it produces results that are fairly close to proportional. 9.