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Typically in the countries that use "high proportional" systems, there are more than two large political parties, and representatives will be chosen from many different parties. When the majority of voters favor one party, that party usually forms the government in parliamentary systems. Otherwise the government that is formed will usually have members of more than one party.
Countries which use systems designed to achieve high proportional representation include:
Countries which use systems designed to achieve high proportional representation include: [[Austria]], [[Argentina]], [[Belgium]], [[Brazil]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Denmark]], [[Estonia]], [[Finland]], [[Greece]], [[Iceland]], [[Ireland]], [[Israel]], [[Netherlands]], [[Norway]], [[Poland]], [[Portugal]], [[Romania]], [[Russia]], [[South Africa]], [[South Korea]], [[Spain]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Sweden]], [[Switzerland]] and [[Turkey]].▼
* [[Africa]]: [[South Africa]]
* [[Asia]]: [[Israel]], [[Russia]], [[South Korea]], [[Sri Lanka]], and [[Turkey]].
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* [[South America]]: [[Argentina]], [[Brazil]],
Countries which have semi-proportional representation systems include: [[Australia]], [[Germany]], [[Hungary]], [[India]], [[Republic of Ireland]], [[Italy]], [[Japan]], [[Mexico]], [[New Zealand]], [[Thailand]] and [[Wales]]. India is one of the most successful examples of a country with proportional representation.
Similar principles apply to sub-regions, who may have their own parliament or assembly. For example, in [[W:Scotland|Scotland]], after the passage of the [[W:Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004|Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004]], the Scottish portion of the [[United Kingdom]] uses [[single transferable vote]] to select many of their local representatives.
== Measures ==
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