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The 43 pages that link to Proportional representation, each with the reason it gives.

• Weimar RepublicRelated: The republic’s electoral system gave many parties parliamentary representation and complicated coalition-building.

• Coalition governmentRelated: It often produces legislatures in which no party can govern alone.

• Social choice theoryRelated: It applies aggregation to representation across multiple seats rather than a single winner.

• Political equalityRelated: It can make legislative representation more closely reflect the range of political preferences.

• Weimar ConstitutionRelated: The constitution’s electoral rules helped smaller parties gain seats in the Reichstag.

• Power-sharingRelated: It can translate community support into representation within shared legislatures.

• Party systemRelated: It often lowers barriers to representation for smaller parties.

• Rajya SabhaRelated: Single transferable vote applies this principle to most Rajya Sabha elections.

• 1994 South African general electionRelated: A national party-list system shaped how votes translated into seats in 1994.

• ReichstagRelated: It translated Weimar votes into Reichstag seats and enabled many parties to enter parliament.

• Brazilian democracyRelated: Brazil uses open-list proportional representation for its lower-house and many local elections.

• Brazilian CongressRelated: It shapes elections to the Chamber of Deputies, with state-level seat limits.

• Catherine Helen SpenceRelated: Spence became one of Australia’s leading advocates for this electoral principle.

• Cheddi JaganRelated: Its introduction helped alter party competition before Guyana’s independence.

• Constituent assemblyRelated: Electoral design determines which political groups gain seats in an elected assembly.

• Independent politicianRelated: Some proportional systems give independent candidates a route to seats without party membership.

• J. R. JayewardeneRelated: The 1978 constitution introduced this system for parliamentary elections, replacing constituency-based first-past-the-post voting.

• Politics of AustraliaRelated: The Senate’s proportional system gives smaller parties a route to representation.

• IsraelRelated: Israel’s nationwide party-list elections help produce multiple-party Knessets.