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communication and media studies
communication studies
political communications
government operations and institutions
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politics and international relations
political science
political communications
government operations and institutions
Preferred term
proportional representation
Definition
- Proportional representation (PR) provides for the allocation of parliamentary seats to political parties in proportion to the votes they received in an election. As a principle of representation, the desired objective of PR is to reflect in parliament the existing political preferences and parties as accurately as possible. [Source: Encyclopedia of Political Communication; Proportional Representation]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/proportional_representation
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