Sentences with phrase «mandate district seats»

These four parties will also likely take the lion's share of single - mandate district seats, where voters pick a particular candidate.

Not exact matches

If United Russia were able to secure just under 50 per cent of the popular vote in the party - list competition, along with the lower estimate of seats in the singe - mandate district races, it would end up with over 270 seats, more than it now holds.

Half of the 450 seats will be decided by competitions in regional constituencies, technically known as single - mandate districts, using a «first - past - the - post» system like that used in U.S. elections.

Note that for the German federal elections, the representation was already proportional as there are only half as many districts (and direct mandates) as there are seats in the parliament.