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Meanings of proportional system in English

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Usage of proportional system in English
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They also wanted a fully proportional system to be offered in a referendum.
The Guardian
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A fairer, more proportional system would eradicate safe seats once and for all.
The Guardian
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The implication is that advocates of change favour not AV but a proportional system.
The Guardian
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This is the time to press for a proportional system.
The Guardian
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Under this proportional system, voters vote for a party.
Reuters
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Had last year's election been fought on a proportional system, Ukip would have 82 seats.
The Guardian
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Analysts suggested under a proportional system Ukip would have won 83 seats in Thursday's poll.
The Guardian
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An earlier version referred to a proportional system for police and crime commissioner and mayoral elections.
The Guardian
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It's also a proportional system rather than winner-takes-all.
Reuters
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The proportional system of elections still holds full sway, as every one knows, in party lists.
From October to Brest-Litovsk
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Senators will be chosen through a proportional system.
Reuters
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The proportional system is expected to allocate more regional list seats to Scottish Labour and the Tories.
The Guardian
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The small parties state that there is no such thing as a wasted vote in a proportional system.
The South African
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The mechanism of the proportional system adopted has had regard to the practice mentioned in the preceding paragraph.
Proportional Representation: A Study in Methods of Election
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The Green party, if we did have a proportional system, would have 25 seats, she told the BBC.
The Guardian
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The first proposal, that of M. Petersson, of Paboda, was only a crude approximation towards a proportional system.
Proportional Representation: A Study in Methods of Election
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