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Old 04-05-2008, 21:07   #108
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Re: Boris Johnson wins London mayoral race

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Originally Posted by Damien View Post
The London elections using a form of Proportional representation so smaller parties can get seats without ever having to win a area. So 5% is enough to win a seat, however in a general a party needs to get a majority of a consistency and thus it becomes much harder for smaller parties to enter parliament
Proportional representation is far better than first past the post, the latter keeps the mainstream parties in power via tactical voting and someone like labour in the last election can have full power with a small % of the vote.
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