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To achieve that intended effect, proportional electoral systems need to either have more than one seat in each district (e.g. single transferable vote), or have some form of compensatory seats (e.g. mixed-member proportional representation apportionment methods). A legislative body (e.g. assembly, parliament) may be elected proportionally ...
When the single transferable vote (STV) method is applied to a single-winner election, it becomes instant-runoff voting; the government of Ireland has called instant-runoff voting "proportional representation" based on the fact that the same ballot form is used to elect its president by instant-runoff voting and parliamentary seats by ...
The President is directly elected by secret ballot under the system of the instant-runoff voting (although the Constitution describes it as "the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote"). While both Irish and British citizens resident in the state may vote in Dáil elections, only Irish citizens, who must ...
The Third Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1958 – At present, members of Dáil Éireann are elected on a system of proportional representation for constituencies returning at least three members, each voter having a single transferable vote. It is proposed in the Bill to abolish the system of proportional representation and to adopt ...
PR-STV is a form of proportional representation so issues relating to that form of electing also impacts acceptance of STV. As well, STV uses ranked voting, an unknown quantity in many places in the world. Arguments for and against proportional representation in general are frequently referenced in debates among electorates considering STV.
Each form has its pros and cons. The Hare-Clark system with Robson Rotation is advocated on the grounds that the effect of 'donkey voting' is reduced because of the randomised ordering, and the absence of the group voting tickets creates more personal accountability. The alternative system is advocated on the grounds that informal voting ...
The system was recently modified to an essentially (non-mixed) closed list proportional system with a local constituency vote (called personalized proportional representation) to eliminate the need for overhang seats. In the new system, the number of seats a party can win is capped, if they "won" more seats by plurality, not all of their ...
Two-round party-list proportional representation with majority bonus system: Saint Helena: Legislative Council: Unicameral legislature Plurality block voting (12 seats) Attorney General (1 seat) Saint Martin: Territorial Council: Unicameral legislature Two-round party-list proportional representation with majority bonus system: Saint Pierre and ...