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"France's Two-Round system frequently produces highly disproportional results"

How do elections work for France’s parliament, the French National Assembly?

Fresh from re-electing Emmanuel Macron as president on 24 April 2022, French voters are now returning to the polls on the 12 and 19 June to elect a new parliament. Here, we take a look at the voting system used by the French electorate to choose their new parliament.

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"We have a chance to create a new Welsh democracy. Let's do it properly"

Wales can lead the way and deliver a parliament fit for the 21st Century

Last month, First Minister, Mark Drakeford and leader of Plaid Cymru, Adam Price released a joint letter which set out their agreed position on how the Senedd should be reformed. The letter gives us our first glimpse at how the Senedd could look in 2026 outlining plans to increase the size of the Senedd, change the voting system and integrate quotas to improve diversity.

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"Labor and the Coalition have won nearly all the seats in the post-war era"

How do elections work in Australia?

At the end of May, Australians headed to the polls. Ahead of this election, we discussed the voting system and asked: for those who do vote, how will they be voting and who will they be voting for?

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"Much more can be achieved to build a Scottish democracy fit for the 21st Century"

ERS Scotland: Our plans for the years ahead

At ERS Scotland we are constantly monitoring the political seas and updating our course to make sure we have the proper heading. Following this year’s local elections, the elections to the Scottish Parliament in 2021, and Westminster in 2019, we wanted to give an idea of what we are looking to achieve in the coming years.

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Reformers' Round Up

BBC News - Wales politics: Plans to increase Senedd to 96 members move closer
The Times - Tories may never recover if they lose in 2024
Islington Tribune - ‘We could have taken 11 council seats with a fairer voting system’

Constituency focus

With an upcoming by election in the constituency, here is how Wakefield voted in 2019.

Wakefield

64.1% Turnout
98th Smallest Margin of Victory
148th Smallest Share of the Vote Needed to Win

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