Interesting Election Results

[Siggon Kristov]

I have come across 2 very interesting election results in Lodamun.

Particracy's proportional representation isn't used nationwide in any country except Keymon. Instead of nationwide proportional representation, Particracy countries have constituencies with a large number of seats, and the seats in each constituency are distributed by proportional representation. Is there a significant difference between this and proportional representation? Maybe not when voter turnout is roughly equal in each region and when all regions have the same population, but check out these 2 election results.

In December 3670, the GNRG won less than 38% of the votes, but acquired more than 50% of the seats. If you look closely, it was because the voter turnout was extremely low in regions which voted in favour of the GNRG.

In November 3711, there were 4 parties. The party with the most votes got the least seats, and the party with the least votes got the most seats. The 2 parties with the least votes are able to form a coalition because they have more than half of the seats. The 2 parties with the most votes (over 53% combined) are unable to form a cabinet coalition, because they don't have enough seats.

[EEL123]

Maybe you could RP it as if the country decided, for some reason, to go FPTP or AV.

[Reddy]

Maybe you could RP it as if the country decided, for some reason, to go FPTP or AV.

Remember this EEL: Check out the first four elections: http://classic.particracy.net/viewparty ... tyid=21494

[Siggon Kristov]

Maybe you could RP it as if the country decided, for some reason, to go FPTP or AV.

No need.
It is proportional representation, but done by region instead of nationwide. That's how it is in every Particracy nation.

Check out the first four elections: http://classic.particracy.net/viewparty ... tyid=21494

Cool

June 3667
June 3669
June 3671
June 3673

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Any more?

[EEL123]

No need. It is proportional representation, but done by region instead of nationwide. That's how it is in every Particracy nation.

Yes, but it seems extremely unrealistic for there to be such enormous disparities in voter turnout.

[Siggon Kristov]

No need. It is proportional representation, but done by region instead of nationwide. That's how it is in every Particracy nation.

Yes, but it seems extremely unrealistic for there to be such enormous disparities in voter turnout.

Not really. Maybe it seems that way to you because of the country you live in. Since the mid-1970s in Jamaica, specific constituencies had low voter turnouts for similar reasons to what Lodamun could be RP'd as having. There are gangs, affiliated with Jamaica's political parties, which used to "control" certain communities, especially during election time. There would be low voter turnout in these constituencies, with the party of the gang's affiliation winning landslide victories. It was a well-known thing for the constituency of West Kingston, the seat of the JLP's 2 last leaders (Edward Seaga and Bruce Golding). It was so serious that when the USA tried to ask for the extradition of the head of the JLP-affiliated gang (in May 2012), the JLP tried to evade the extradition at first. When they finally decided to give in to the USA's demands, the capital had to be locked down and the military and police had joint operations (including both the military and police on the ground, and the military shelling the area using naval units) to try to get him out.

Lodamun's government, especially the GNRG, is considered to be a thug government. Party paramilitaries have powers of arrest, and are able to use lethal force unlike the regular police who aren't. The President's power seems almost unlimited, and he seems desperate to do anything to keep a grip on that power.

[EEL123]

Ah, OK, that seems to make more sense.