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'''Proportional Representation''' ('''PR''') is a measure of the outcome of an election where there are multiple parties and multiple member are election. It is one of many [[types of representation]] in a [[Representative Government]].
In practice this usually involves ensuring that [[political party|political parties]] in parliament or legislative assemblies receive a number of seats (approximately) proportional to the percentage of vote they received through a [[Partisan System]]. The simplest system which achieves high levels of Proportional Representation is the [[Party List System| party-list proportional representation]]. Another kind of electoral system that strives to achieve proportional representation but which does not rely on the existence of political parties is the [[single transferable vote]] (STV). Some electoral systems, such as the [[single non-transferable vote]] and [[cumulative voting]] are sometimes categorized as "semi-proportional".
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