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Most of the seventy-five Proportional Representation (PR) systems identified in The Global Distribution of Electoral Systems use some form of List PR; only nine examples use MMP or Single-Transferable Vote (STV) methods.
In its simplest form, List PR involves each party presenting a list of candidates to the electorate, voters voting for a party, and parties receiving seats in proportion to their overall share of the national vote. Winning candidates are taken from the lists in order of their position on the lists.
See also List PR - Advantages and List PR - Disadvantages.
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