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freek
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« on: May 28, 2004, 06:00:49 AM »


Or unless they get more districts that what belongs to them by PR, although this doesnīt happen so often.
Actually, it happens quite a lot, especially since 1990, that CDU, and SPD get more districts than their total of seats allocated in PR. The solution is to extend the number of seats in the Bundestag, socalled "Uberhangmandate" (overhang seats).
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« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2004, 05:50:39 PM »


There is also a way to avoid the change in the number of seats (I honestly donīt remember how). Itīs useful in cases where (e.g., bc the constitution doesnīt allow it) you canīt change the number of seats.
That would be very handy, since in Holland politicians all of a sudden want to change the electoral system. It works fine since 1918, but now they think that they lost the connection with the voters, so they want some districts. But the constitution says that elections have to be performed with a system of PR, and that the parliament has 150 seats, so they seem to settle for the German system, but they need some adjustments.
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