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Definition of Proportional representation
1. Noun. Representation of all parties in proportion to their popular vote.
Definition of Proportional representation
1. Noun. A voting principle aimed at securing a close match between the percentage of votes that groups of candidates (usually political parties) obtain in elections, and the percentage of seats they receive in the elected body. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Proportional Representation
Literary usage of Proportional representation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1908)
"proportional representation NEWS. BY ROBERT TYSON, Secretary of the American
proportional representation League. News Notes. Conservatives 107000 Historic ..."
2. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"See Atonement proportional representation Ash tabula plan—the latest step in ...
Nat Munie R 5:56-65 Ja '16 Case against proportional representation. ..."
3. The Nineteenth Century (1885)
"THIS article is designed to exhibit, in a summary manner, the principal objections
which have been made to proportional representation, and especially to ..."
4. Public Affairs Information Service Bulletin by Public Affairs Information Service (1920)
"83p '20 Apply to Congressmen The bills relate particularly to married women who
have intermarried with aliens. t American proportional representation league ..."
5. Principles and Problems of Government by Charles Grove Haines (1921)
"[but] so far as the two dominant parties are concerned it has led to a proportional
representation approaching mathematical ..."
6. Principles and Problems of Government by Charles Grove Haines (1921)
"[but] so far as the two dominant parties are concerned it has led to a proportional
representation approaching mathematical exactness.1 Although the ..."
7. Public opinion and popular government by Abbott Lawrence Lowell (1913)
"proportional representation The device of proportional representation will
naturally occur to the reader, but, while intended to correct certain defects in ..."
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