proportional representation

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   representation of all parties in proportion to their popular vote

   Broaderrepresentation

Questions about proportional representation

What does proportional representation mean?

proportional representation means "representation of all parties in proportion to their popular vote".

Is proportional representation a common word?

proportional representation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.