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Originally Posted by Itshim
Simply but also could well be hell on earth. To get elected you need to get 50.01% of the total available vote
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PR systems are rarely that accurate, and in fact even to get reasonably close to accurate you can end up with serious over-representation in your legislature. The Scottish Parliament has one MSP for every 42,000 constituents because on top of the 73 constituency MSPs there are a further 56 drawn from regional lists, with seats allocated so as to make the representation more proportionate to the overall vote.
For comparison, Westminster has 650 MPs, or one for every 106,000 constituents on average.