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GCSE History · key term
An electoral system in which parties receive seats broadly in proportion to the votes they win.
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Paper 3
Revise: Origins of the RepublicVoters elected the Reichstag, the national parliament, for a four-year term, using proportional representation. Parties received seats according to their share of the vote; roughly 60,000 votes secured one seat. The Reichstag passed laws, approved the budget and scrutinised the government.
Paper 1
An electoral system in which parties receive seats broadly in proportion to their share of the vote.
Link each constitutional feature to its effect: proportional representation made representation fairer, but also made coalition governments more likely.
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Proportional representation meant that a party’s share of Reichstag seats broadly reflected its share of the vote. This allowed a wide range of views to be represented rather than excluding smaller parties.