Question

what was proportional representation​

Answer 1

Answer:

Proportional representation characterizes electoral systems in which divisions in an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. If n% of the electorate support a particular political party or set of candidates as their favorite, then roughly n% of seats will be won by that party or those candidates.

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Answer 2

Proportional Representation:

1. It is a system of conducting elections. In this system a party gets the same proportion of seats as its proportion of votes.
2. There could be two variations in this system. In some countries, like Israel or Netherlands, the entire country is treated as one constituency and seats are allocated to each party according to its share its share of votes in the national election. The other method is when the country us divided into several multi-member constituencies as Argentina and Portugal. Each party prepares list of candidates for each constituency, depending on how many have to be elected from that constituency.
3. This system allows even smaller parties with very small support base to get representation in the legislature. This often leads to multi-party coalition government.
4. India also adopted Proportional Representation system on a limited scale for indirect elections for elections to Rajya sabha, president, vice president and vidhan parishads.

Features :

• Large geographical areas are demarcated as constituencies. The entire country may be a single constituency.
• More than one representative may be elected from one constituency.
• Voter votes for the party.
• Every party gets seats in the legislature in proportion to the percentage of votes that it gets.
• Candidate who wins the elections gets majority of votes.
• Example: Israel, Netherlands.