Awards a seat to the

individual candidate who receives the most votes in an election.

The system allows for representation of minority parties.

The elected

councillors are accountable to the people who voted for them.

Political

parties submit lists with candidates in order of preference to the Electoral

Commission.

Voters whose

candidates have lost an election are not represented in a legislature/council.

There is no link between the elected public representative and a geographic area i.e. constituency.

The elected public representatives are

accountable to political parties and not to the voters.

Awards

seats to political parties according to the percentage of votes each party

received.

Candidates

are elected from party lists and allocated seats on a sequential basis. That

is, if one candidate withdraws the next candidate on the list takes over.

The system is based on a constituency system.