Additional member system (United Kingdom)
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title:
Additional member system (United Kingdom)
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The additional member system (AMS) or is a two vote seat-linkage-based mixed electoral system used in the United Kingdom where most representatives are elected in single-member districts (SMDs), and a fixed number of other "additional members" are elected from a closed list to make the seat distribution in the chamber more proportional to the votes cast for party lists. It is distinct from using parallel voting for the list seats in that the "additional member" seats are awarded to parties takin
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Mixed voting method used Scotland and London
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Additional_member_system_(United_Kingdom)
date created:
2003-01-16T18:47:01Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T00:38:15Z
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