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Election |
Popular votes are converted into seats awarded to representatives or parties |
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Mandate |
Authority granted to a candidate or party to implement its manifesto Mandate is granted by an election strong |
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Strong government |
Government that has a strong majority of support in parliament. It can carry through its own legislation |
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Stable government |
Government that is likely to stay in office. It will not be come divided before its time in office is over |
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Proportional representation |
Any electoral system that apportion seats in the legislature in close proportion to the popular vote cast by each party |
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Additionally members system |
Scottish Parliament Welsh Assembley Greater London Assembley |
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Single transferable vote |
Northern Ireland assembly Northern Ireland local government Scottish local government |
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Regional list |
European Parliament |
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Supplementary vote |
Elected mayors |
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Majoritarian representation |
System which guarantees that government is elected by a majority of votes SV and AV |
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A party system |
A characteristic of a political system System may be dominat party, two parties, three parties and multi parties |
