PA RTY-L IS T

SYSTEM
PROPOR T IO N AL
PRESENTED BY: GROUP 6
 M P L E S O F
E X A S
T Y L IS T
PAR
THE ENTIRE COUNTRY IS TREATED AS
SINGLE CONSTITUENCY. IN THE CASE
OF REGIONAL PARTIES, THERE ARE
MULTIMEMBER CONSTITUENCIES.
PARTIES COMPILE LIST OF
CANDIDATES TO PLACE BEFORE THE
ELECTORATE, IN DESCENDING
PREFERENTIAL ORDER
THE PARTY-LIST SYSTEM IS
THE ONLY POTENTIALLY PURE
SYSTEM OF PROPORTIONAL
REPRESENTATION, AND IS
THEREFORE FAIR TO ALL
PARTIES
THE EXISTENCE OF MANY
SMALL PARTIES CAN LEAD
TO A WEAK AND
UNSTABLE GOVERNMENT
COUNTRIES THROUGHOUT
EUROPE, THE EUROPEAN
PARLIAMENT, PHILIPPINES
(HOUSE OF THE
REPRESENTATIVES)
ELECTORATE VOTE FOR PARTIES
AND NOT CANDIDATES
PARTIES ARE GIVEN SEATS IN
DIRECT PROPORTION TO THE
VOTES THEY GAINED IN THE
ELECTION.
A THRESHOLD MAY BE IMPOSED
TO EXCLUDE SMALL, AND
POSSIBLY EXTREMIST, PARTIES
FROM REPRESENTATION

IT MAY PROMOTE UNITY AS CANDIDATES

IDENTIFY WITH THEIR NATION OR REGION
RATHER THAN WITH THEIR CONSTITUENCY.
THIS ALSO STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE
OF POLICIES AND PROGRAMS OFFERED
BY THE PARTIES AS IT VEERS AWAY FROM
THE POSSIBILITY OF PERSONALITY-BASED
POLITICS, WHICH ARISES WHEN
INDIVIDUALS' NAMES ARE VOTED RATHER
THAN THE PARTIES
THIS SYSTEM MAKES IT
EASIER FOR MINORITIES
AND THE
DISADVANTAGED TO
GET ELECTED
THE LINK BETWEEN THE
REPRESENTATIVES AND THEIR
CONSTITUENCIES IS BROKEN,
THAT IS THE PARTY IS MADE
ACCOUNTABLE INSTEAD OF THE
INDIVIDUAL REPRESENTATIVE
(AS IN THE CASE OF DISTRICT
PROPORTIONAL SYSTEMS).
UNPOPULAR
CANDIDATES WHO ARE
PLACED ON A PARTY-
LIST CANNOT BE
REMOVED
THA NK
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