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===Death of a candidate===
In the UK this has occurred in Thirsk and Malton in 2010 and South Staffordshire in 2005 and on six other occasions since 1918.
With single-member FPTP this results in a deferred election, held some weeks later, after the affected party has had time to re-nominate a replacement candidate. This would not be possible under PR squared, due to the direct interaction between votes in every constituency and the overall national result. The whole election outcome could not be delayed for weeks waiting for one final result.
Parties could nominate substitute candidates in advance, in the small print somewhere on the ballot, as occurs in several European countries. That would be the simplest and obvious answer.
===Three or four member constituencies?===
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