Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.20901/pp.12.1.03
Proportional electoral systems with a nationwide electoral districts and territorial representation in the parliaments – cases of Serbia, The Netherlands and Israel
Viktor Stamenković
orcid.org/0000-0001-5299-8077
; Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Republic of Serbia
Abstract
This paper analyzes the problem of insufficient territorial representation of parliaments elected through a proportional electoral system with a nationwide electoral district. The subject of analysis are the representative bodies of Serbia, the Netherlands, and Israel, with the claim that their geographical representativeness is dominantly influenced by factors that have no direct connection with election rules, such as the ethnic diversity of society and the number of party lists that win seats in parliament. It is established that there is no single regularity that has an equal effect on the geographical composition of the parliament in each of these countries. Instead of that, the key factors of territorial representation are different depending on the social context in which the electoral system exists.
Keywords
Representativeness; representation; metropolisation of parliament; parties; list; electoral system
Hrčak ID:
279290
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Publication date:
20.6.2022.
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