the 2005 New Zealand election proves that their system is strongly proportional in the representation results. The Gallagher Index (a measure of disproportionality - the lower the better, with 1 being perfect) for the 2005 election is 1.11.
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That number is lower than is probably healthy. In NZ there are two ways a party can win list seats: by getting 5% of the vote or by winning a single riding. In the 2005 elections four out of the eight parties in power received less than 5% of the vote, and in at least a few cases they were assisted in winning a single riding by one of the big parties.
Ontario’s proposal has no such single-seat condition, so I would guess that our index of proportionality would be higher.
Posted by Paul Nijjar | August 9, 2007 1:29 AM
Posted on August 9, 2007 01:29