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Originally Posted by Damien
Since all you need a plurality you can actually have much higher numbers of disappointed people. A lot of seats do not return MPs who have 50.1% of the vote or more.
Such a system is actually what is proposed by the Liberal Democrats, you vote for your MP and list the candidates in order, if no one gets above 50% the candidate with the fewest votes has their voters choices moved onto their 2nd choice until a candidate does have 50%.
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What if your 2nd choice is the same as your 1st?