Mieszane systemy wyborcze: hybryda czy nowa rodzina systemów wyborczych?
Mixed electoral systems: a hybrid or new type of electoral systems?

Summary/Abstract: Mixed electoral systems belong to the third, different from plurality/majority electoral systems and proportional representation, type of electoral systems. Although originally they were considered a useful tool for achieving entirely opposing principles of representation, consequently they have created a completely new entity which cannot be reduced to the sum of results produced by their majoritarian and PR components. This thesis is also supported both by their origins, aims, mechanics, number of variants and specific technical solutions within mixed electoral systems. However the main justification of the thesis stems from different political consequences generated by mixed electoral systems as far as the strategy of nominating party candidates, voting behaviour, degree of disproportionality and fragmentation of party system are concerned.

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