Effects of the Representation System on the Distribution of Votes and Seats in Latin America (1990-2019)

Peña, Ricardo de la

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dc.contributor.author	Peña, Ricardo de la	de
dc.date.accessioned	2023-10-18T07:24:30Z
dc.date.available	2023-10-18T07:24:30Z
dc.date.issued	2023	de
dc.identifier.uri	https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/89842
dc.description.abstract	One of the main consequences of the legal rules that govern electoral systems is that they establish the conditions for the conversion of votes into seats. Based on various public sources of information, this essay constructs indicators on the effects of the rules adopted in the electoral systems of Latin America in the period 1990-2019 in terms of the fragmentation of votes and seats. The evidence analyzed shows that there is no defined and constant pattern that reflects that the adoption of a proportional representation system results in a different fragmentation than that which occurs when a mixed system is available. The lower fragmentation of the vote than of seats does not turn out to be a product of the presence of partisan alliances. The fragmentation of voting in mixed systems has increased systematically, a situation that does not occur in the case of proportional systems.	de
dc.language	en	de
dc.subject.ddc	Staatsformen und Regierungssysteme	de
dc.subject.ddc	Systems of governments & states	en
dc.subject.other	Varities of Democracy (V-Dem); seats; conversion	de
dc.title	Effects of the Representation System on the Distribution of Votes and Seats in Latin America (1990-2019)	de
dc.description.review	begutachtet	de
dc.description.review	reviewed	en
dc.source.volume	56	de
dc.publisher.country	MISC	de
dc.publisher.city	Gothenburg	de
dc.source.series	Users working paper
dc.subject.classoz	Staat, staatliche Organisationsformen	de
dc.subject.classoz	Political System, Constitution, Government	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Lateinamerika	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Latin America	en
dc.subject.thesoz	politisches System	de
dc.subject.thesoz	political system	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Wahlsystem	de
dc.subject.thesoz	electoral system	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Regierungsbildung	de
dc.subject.thesoz	formation of a government	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Repräsentation	de
dc.subject.thesoz	representation	en
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-89842-4
dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Namensnennung 1.0	de
dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Attribution 1.0	en
internal.status	formal und inhaltlich fertig erschlossen	de
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internal.identifier.thesoz	10040669
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internal.identifier.thesoz	10056329
internal.identifier.thesoz	10056648
dc.type.stock	monograph	de
dc.type.document	Arbeitspapier	de
dc.type.document	working paper	en
dc.source.pageinfo	31	de
internal.identifier.classoz	10503
internal.identifier.document	3
dc.contributor.corporateeditor	University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science, V-Dem Institute
internal.identifier.corporateeditor	1310
internal.identifier.ddc	321
dc.description.pubstatus	Veröffentlichungsversion	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Published Version	en
internal.identifier.licence	13
internal.identifier.pubstatus	1
internal.identifier.review	2
internal.identifier.series	1918
dc.subject.classhort	10500	de
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