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proportional representation

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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proˌportional represenˈtation noun [uncountable]  PPV especially British English (abbreviation PR) a system of voting in elections by which all political parties are represented in the government according to the number of votes they receive in the whole country 比例代表制〔各政党按其在全国所得票数而获得议席的一种选举制度〕
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proportional representationHome rule and proportional representation are the means by which we shall break the stranglehold of Westminster.Elections to a lower house of parliament would be by proportional representation and an upper house would be appointed by provincial governments.Half of the 400 national representatives would be elected on a constituency basis and the other half by proportional representation.As the essential measure to secure and entrench lasting reform we will introduce fair votes by proportional representation for Parliamentary elections.At the political level, proportional representation was abolished for local elections in 1922 and for Stormont elections in 1929.But it will be no more than second-best representation, and certainly not proportional representation.It is elected for a five-year term by a system of proportional representation.
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proportional representation
proˌportional represenˈtation noun [uncountable]
especially British English (abbreviation PR) a system of voting in elections by which all political parties are represented in the government according to the number of votes they receive in the whole country


proportional representationBrE /prəˌpɔːʃənl reprɪzenˈteɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /prəˌpɔːrʃənl reprɪzenˈteɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (abbreviation PR) a system that gives each party in an election a number of seats in relation to the number of votes its candidates receive 比例代表制(按参选各党派的得票比例分配席位)   compare first-past-the-post