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==== Example ==== In a 100 seat assembly 70 members are elected in single-member constituencies. Because the system generally favours the largest party and those parties/candidate that are strong in a particular region, the total result of the constituency (FPP) elections can be very disproportional. In this example, the party with a [[Plurality (voting)|plurality]] in the popular vote (party A) won a majority of all seats (54), while the second largest party (B) only won 11 districts. One of the two smaller parties (party C) won no districts, despite having 13% support nationwide, but a smaller (regional) party with only 3% nationally did get 5 of their candidates elected, as their voters were concentrated in those constituencies. {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" |Party !Popular vote (%) !Constituency seats !Additional seats !Total seats !Constituency seats |- | style="background:#D10000" | |Party A |'''43%''' |'''54''' | ? | ? | rowspan="5" |[[File:AMS fptp seats.svg|frameless]] |- | style="background:#0008A5" | |Party B |'''41%''' |'''11''' | ? | ? |- | style="background:#03AA00" | |Party C |'''13%''' |'''0''' | ? | ? |- | style="background:#820084" | |Party D |'''3%''' |'''5''' | ? | ? |- | |TOTAL |100% |70 |30 |100 |} In the example, additional seats are assigned on a nationwide level. Parties A and D are already overrepresented, so they are not entitled to additional seats. Parties B and C receive top-up seats, as there are only 30, this is not enough to make the results proportional. {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" |Party !Popular vote (%) !Constituency seats !Additional seats !Total seats !Overhang seats !Seats deficit !Additional seats !Total seats |- | style="background:#D10000" | |Party A |43% |54 |'''0''' |'''54''' | +11 | | rowspan="5" |[[File:AMS additional seats.svg|frameless]] | rowspan="5" |[[File:AMS total seats.svg|frameless]] |- | style="background:#0008A5" | |Party B |41% |11 |'''23''' |'''34''' | |7 |- | style="background:#03AA00" | |Party C |13% |0 |'''7''' |'''7''' | |6 |- | style="background:#820084" | |Party D |3% |5 |'''0''' |'''5''' | +2 | |- | |TOTAL |100% |70 |30 |100 |13 | |}
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