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The electoral system is based on single-member
constituencies.
The law (amendments to the Constitution and to the
Parliamentary
Elections Act) providing for group representation
constituencies
also stipulated that the total number of members of
Parliament from
group representation constituencies had to total less than
half the
total number of members. Slightly more than half the
constituencies
would remain single-member constituencies. The candidate
receiving
the largest number of votes wins the election in that
constituency.
The consequence of this electoral rule, common to most
Britishstyle constitutions, is to eliminate parliamentary
representation
for minority parties and to encourage the organization of
parties
whose candidates can win pluralities in many
constituencies. In
theory it is possible for a party to win every seat in
parliament
by receiving a plurality in every constituency.
Data as of December 1989
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