Content Categorized with "Europe"
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International Snapshot: Scotland 2007
- Posted: July 11, 2007
- Author(s): Dan Tessler
- Categories: Europe, Research & Analysis, International Elections, FairVote, All Reports
On May 3, 2007, Scottish voters used two proportional voting systems simultaneously: for the first time ever, choice voting (or the single transferable vote) for local councils, and once again, mixed member proportional voting for the Scottish Parliament. The local council elections saw increased participation and broadly representative results. Despite the first-time use of choice voting alongside a completely different voting system, error rates were, on average, remarkably low. The MMP elections ensured proportionality in seat shares and arguably prevented a wrong-winner result. There was early controversy over error rates allegedly around 10%, but actual error rates were lower. Later research moreover confirmed that voter error was due to critical ballot design flaws.
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Pro-democracy leaders on Scotland's successful PR elections
- Posted: May 24, 2007
- Author(s): Jack Santucci
- Categories: Europe, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, Elections Worldwide
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Had Scotland used winner-take-all
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The 2007 Northern Ireland elections: Proportional voting helps moderates
- Posted: March 21, 2007
- Author(s): Adam Bartolanzo
- Categories: Europe, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, Elections Worldwide
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Italy's coalition woes stem not from proportional voting
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Sweden results: PR not just for the left
- Posted: September 18, 2006
- Author(s): Jack Santucci
- Categories: Europe, Elections Worldwide
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International Snapshot: Poland
- Posted: August 1, 2006
- Author(s): Inga Kwiatkowska
- Categories: Europe, Research & Analysis, International Elections, FairVote, All Reports
Poland held elections to its parliament in September 2005. Its lower house, the Sejm, is elected proportionally from closed lists. The Senate is elected in two- or three-member winner-take-all districts. While this feature of Senate elections should discourage small parties from running candidates, more and more parties contest elections with each passing cycle. Despite a relatively high threshold of 5% to enter the Sejm, small, ideologically similar parties proliferate, and coalition-building remains a challenge. This paper looks the intersections of Poland’s electoral system and party behavior, coalition-bulding, and turnout. It also considers the potential implications of a change to the formula used to allocate Sejm seats.
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Italian ruling coalition on the brink - again. But don't blame PR.
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International Snapshot: Ukraine
- Posted: April 4, 2006
- Author(s): Jack Santucci, Research Associate
- Categories: Europe, Research & Analysis, International Elections, FairVote, All Reports
Ukraine held elections to its parliament in March 2006. It was that country's first use of a fully proportional electoral system. The 1998 and 2002 elections used a parallel system in which half of seats were elected in single-member plurality districts. This paper analyzes the proportionality of results in historical perspective as well as turnout and number of effective votes. Institutional challenges and potential remedies are described. Choices about electoral institutions have important consequences for political outcomes in a representative democracy.