(unless the allocation of list seats to a party is made conditional on winning a constituency). (dprvoting.org)
As in numerous proportional systems, in order to be eligible for list seats in many MMP models, a party must earn at least a certain percentage of the total party vote, or no candidates will be elected from the party list. (en.wikipedia.org)
Taking recent election as an example, we could have 185 CDU - leaning and - endorsed independents, but CDU would also win an insane number of party list seats (about 200, not sure about precise algorithm calculating «compensations»). (politics.stackexchange.com)