Proportional representation

Proportional representation refers to election systems where, for whatever qualities people use to choose their representatives (whether it be ideology, ethnicity, gender, etc.), the proportion of representatives with those qualities is approximately the same as the proportion of voters holding that quality.

Some election systems that strive to achieve proportional representation include Single transfer voting and Party-list proportional representation. There are sometimes attempts to make plurality voting proportional by gerrymandering districts so that a minority group is in the majority in one specific district.

Proportional representation election systems are in use to elect the parliament in Germany and many other countries worldwide.

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