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British Columbia has lived with first-past-the-post distortion for decades.
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Sunshine (she/her) lemmy.ca Sunshine@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2024-09-16
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Infographic titled “A tale of two elections” comparing the 1996 and 2001 British Columbia elections. Pie charts show vote share versus seat share. In 1996, the Liberals won more votes but the NDP won more seats. In 2001, the Liberals won 58% of votes and 98% of seats. Text explains this distortion led to calls for proportional representation.

In 1996, the party with fewer votes formed government.

In 2001, 58% of the vote produced 98% of the seats.

Proportional representation means seats match votes. Nothing more. Nothing less.
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