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proportional representation

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English

Syllables
pro-por-tion-al rep-re-sen-ta-tion
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
26
Letters
8
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A voting principle aimed at securing a close match between the percentage of votes that groups of candidates (usually political parties) obtain in elections, and the percentage of seats they receive in the elected body.

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What does proportional representation mean?
A voting principle aimed at securing a close match between the percentage of votes that groups of candidates (usually political parties) obtain in elections, and the percentage of seats they receive in the elected body.

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