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Well, it's quite nicely done, though I'm confused as to who it's for. It's in English, suggesting it's for foreigners; also, it explains who all the parties are
by planetguy 14y ago
Well, it's quite nicely done, though I'm confused as to who it's for. It's in English, suggesting it's for foreigners; also, it explains who all the parties are. That's good for me, I know nothing about Greek politics.
But anyone who needs an explanation of who the parties are might also need an explanation of how the voting system works. From the map it looks like all constituencies were won by blue or purple, with the vast majority going to the blue. But the "distribution of seats" looks like a bunch of different parties are getting seats. On the third hand, it can't possibly just be a proportional representation thing either, because (for instance) the blue party got just over 30% of the vote but appears to be getting almost half the seats.
So am I right in guessing that the parliament is selected by some combination of first-past-the-post winners in constituencies and a bunch of other seats allocated by nationwide proportional representation?
- demetris 14y agoIn a few words: 250 of the 300 seats are allocated proportionally among the parties that got over 3% of the vote. The remaining 50 go to the first party.
- planetguy 14y agoSo the "constituency" map has no actual electoral meaning?
- demetris 14y agoCorrect. In fact, because the allocation of parliament seats is calculated on the basis of the total vote and because of the adjustments that this entails for the allocation of constituency seats, you can be the first party in a constituency and yet get fewer seats in that constituency than the second party.
- TazeTSchnitzel 14y agoSee the 'gr|en' thing at the side? It probably also has a Greek version.