American democracy is going through turbulent times. The causes behind the country’s turmoil are many, but one important factor is the single-member district plurality system used for electing members ...

The concept of proportional representation (PR) was crystallised when the mixed parallel electoral system with 60 per cent seats for PR and 40 per cent seats for First Past-the Post (FPtP) segments ...

In early 2004, the Law Commission of Canada issued a report recommending that the federal electoral system be changed to a mixed member system that allows for more proportional representation of ...

On September 25, the mayor of New York was indicted on criminal charges for the first time in the modern era. The charges marked the culmination of only one of four ongoing federal investigations into ...

Countries with Proportional Representation (PR) electoral system have more women in representative positions than those that practice majoritarian or first past the post electoral systems.

In a previous piece, the FW de Klerk Foundation set out the pros and cons of the three main different electoral system options available. Our country’s current proportional representation (PR ...

VWR with 6-member constituencies will typically yield moderately high effective electoral thresholds, but below the equivalent STV ‘quota’ of 14.3% (1/7). In this way, VWR will achieve better ...

Half of Britons (49 per cent) support reform of the voting system and the introduction of proportional representation (PR) — almost twice as many as those who favour retaining the present first past ...

Sixty one percent of Labour supporters now favor changing the electoral system, compared with ... Support for proportional representation is now the mainstream of British politics.

Nepal's ruling parties backtrack on constitutional amendments, focus on increasing electoral threshold, risking inclusivity ...