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Parliaments are not defined by proportional representation; the defining feature is that government is formed on the floor of the lower house. Parliaments whic

• Tarq0n 8y ago
  > Parliaments which have proportional lower houses tend to be a mess. Citation needed. There are many European countries where very diverse lower houses work fine.
• dragonwriter 8y ago
  > Parliaments are not defined by proportional representation; the defining feature is that government is formed on the floor of the lower house. > Parliaments which have proportional lower houses tend to be a mess. If by “be a mess” you mean have higher public participation in elections, higher public satisfaction with government, and lower rate of cabinet turnover...you're right. > Executive government needs at least some stability, Proportional systems have greater stability; while coalitions may change more frequent than in FPTP systems, there is less frequent total turnover in membership in either the governing coalition in Parliament or the Cabinet itself in proportional systems. This is sometimes masked by the fact that the same language of government “falling” being used for partial and total turnover.