Legislative over-dimensioning and disproportionality. Uninominal, electoral reform or political stakes? Cover Image

Supradimensionarea şi disproporţionalitatea legislativă. Uninominalul, reformă electorală sau miză politică?
Legislative over-dimensioning and disproportionality. Uninominal, electoral reform or political stakes?

Author(s): Anca Parmena Olimid
Subject(s): Government/Political systems, Electoral systems
Published by: Editura Universitaria Craiova
Keywords: tranzition; parliamentary elections; electoral reforme; disproportionality; magnitude; index;

Summary/Abstract: In the present article the author analysis the 2008 parliamentary elections when Romania first used a variant of a majoritarian system. The article also discusses the avantages and disavantages brought by the new electoral system. The author argues that the uninominal vote and the electoral proportionality generated a current of criticism regarding the new law.

  • Issue Year: 2009
  • Issue No: 21+22
  • Page Range: 66-72
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Romanian
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