Electoral Systems
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Electoral Systems

A Comparative Introduction

David M. Farrell

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Electoral Systems

A Comparative Introduction

David M. Farrell

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Electoral Systems examines the six principle types of electoral system currently in use in more than seventy of the world's democracies. A common format is adopted throughout, dealing with explanations of how the system operates and its effects on the political system.

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242 
Glossary
Multi-Tier 
Districting
Most 
of 
the 
list 
systems 
carve 
up 
country 
into 
regions 
or 
constituencies, 
thereby 
reducing 
the 
size 
of 
the 
district 
magnitude 
and 
therefore 
the 
over-
all 
proportionality 
of 
the 
result. 
To 
help 
increase 
proportionality, 
certain 
number 
of 
seats 
are 
allocated 
in 
second 
tier 
such 
as 
across 
the 
nation 
as 
whole; 
in 
some 
systems 
there 
may 
even 
be 
three 
or 
more 
tiers. 
All 
remaining 
votes 
from 
the 
first 
tier 
that 
have 
not 
been 
used 
to 
fill 
seats 
are 
pooled 
and 
the 
distribution 
of 
the 
remaining 
seats 
is 
determined 
in 
the 
upper 
tiers.
Überhangmandate 
Seats
Literally 
surplus 
mandates 
or 
surplus 
seats. 
In 
the 
German 
mixed 
system, 
where 
the 
number 
of 
constituency 
seats 
party 
wins 
is 
subtracted 
from 
the 
number 
of 
list 
seats 
it 
is 
being 
allocated, 
it 
is 
possible 
for 
party 
to 
win 
more 
constituency 
seats 
in 
one 
Land 
(or 
state) 
than 
the 
total 
to 
which 
its 
share 
of 
the 
vote 
would 
entitle 
it. 
Whenever 
this 
happens 
the 
party 
is 
allowed 
to 
retain 
these 
extra 
seats 
and 
the 
size 
of 
the 
Bundestag 
is 
temporarily 
enlarged.

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