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In [[ Single-member district | Single Member]] [[regional system]] where members are elected to represent their own region the issue is straight forward. If the population size is equal in each region the representation is said to be balanced. The representative in for each region is expected to represent all the members of the region independent of if they had voted for them. That does not mean that they must do what they say but that they must grant petitioners an audience. However, this is rarely enforced so some claim that citizens who disagree with their representative are not truly represented.
This situation is more complicated in a [[Multi-member
==In Partisan systems==
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