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In the electoral system it states that a further 9 seats are given on a proportional basis and only 8 were given out. Is this cause of the way the vote worked out no one got above 50%? What happens to the extra seat that they would have given out. It might be worth mentioning somewhere.
Sputink (
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18:36, 12 September 2016 (UTC)reply
No, there can be a maximum of 9 PR seats. 1 PR seat per 10% of the vote. Since both the big parties ended at 49,x% they get 4 seats each = 8 in total. Had one of them past 50% they would have gotten the 9th seat. Their electoral legislation take it for granted that two parties will never share the vote exactly 50/50 (which would theoretically be possible, but never happen in practice), so 9 is the ascribed maximum.--
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18:56, 12 September 2016 (UTC)reply
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In the electoral system it states that a further 9 seats are given on a proportional basis and only 8 were given out. Is this cause of the way the vote worked out no one got above 50%? What happens to the extra seat that they would have given out. It might be worth mentioning somewhere.
Sputink (
talk)
18:36, 12 September 2016 (UTC)reply
No, there can be a maximum of 9 PR seats. 1 PR seat per 10% of the vote. Since both the big parties ended at 49,x% they get 4 seats each = 8 in total. Had one of them past 50% they would have gotten the 9th seat. Their electoral legislation take it for granted that two parties will never share the vote exactly 50/50 (which would theoretically be possible, but never happen in practice), so 9 is the ascribed maximum.--
Batmacumba (
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18:56, 12 September 2016 (UTC)reply