Israel's Electoral System: Proportional Representation

[Telegraph-UK] David Blair - Israel uses a pure form of proportional representation, ensuring that any party which gets, for example, 10% of the vote will win exactly 10% of the seats in the Knesset. So no party can truly "win" an election. The best they can hope for is to capture enough seats to be invited by Israel's president to form a coalition.


2009-02-11 06:00:00

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