proportional representation

NOUN

representational government

Synonyms

WEAK

Hare system PR cumulative system cumulative voting list system one man one vote

Example Sentences

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Ms. Kivinen voted for the Greens and Ms. Harju voted for a different Social Democratic candidate in the Finnish system of proportional representation in multiparty constituencies, where numerous candidates from the same party can run.

From New York Times

The May 21 poll will take place under a newly-introduced system of proportional representation.

From Reuters

Northern Ireland uses a type of proportional representation to choose councillors called the single transferable vote.

From BBC

So the proportional representation of the vaccinated among cases, hospitalizations and deaths would also be expected to rise.

From Seattle Times

“The numbers validate the argument that they’ve launched a targeted attack on Asian Americans,” Nomani said, noting that all other racial groups, including whites, saw their proportional representation increase under the new system.

From Seattle Times