The person who gets the largest number
of votes in each constituency (or ward) becomes the MP (or councillor).
[37] The party received 0.9 % of the vote on the regional list, and between 2.2 % and 2.7 %
of the vote in the constituencies and failed to have any members elected.
In the 2015 general election they won 0.2 %
of the vote in the constituency of Monmouth, while Plaid Cymru achieved 3.9 % of the vote.
An incumbent Labour or SNP MSP, on average, managed to win some three per cent more
of the vote in their constituency than on the list.
He won 52 %
of the vote in his constituency in the general election and was a vocal opponent of the coalition's tripling of tuition fees.
He won 52 %
of the vote in his constituency in the general election and was a vocal opponent of the coalition's tripling of tuition fees, one of the policies that most damaged the Lib Dems.
The party won such small shares
of the votes in some constituencies that they failed to register the minimum 5 % threshold needed to hold onto theior # 500 deposit.
Not exact matches
The party expects to own the
constituencies that will rally to the progressive theme: specifically women and youth; and, overall, the majority
of the 60 per cent who bothered to
vote in the last election.
With only 30 candidates nominated
in 87
constituencies, most viewers tuning
in to the televised debate will not have the option
of voting for an Alberta Party candidate on Election Day.
Ms. Notley was first elected as the MLA for this
constituency in 2008, earning 49 %
of the
vote.
Only
in three rural
constituencies did these two parties earn at least 11 %
of the
vote (New Democrats Mandy Melnyk
in Athabasca - Sturgeon - Redwater and Bruce Hinkley
in Wetaskiwin - Camrose and Liberal Pete Helfrich
in Banff - Cochrane.
The average
voting population
of a
constituency in Calgary and Edmonton is more than 33,000 voters.
The Alberta Liberal is the only real progressive alternative considering total
vote plurality
in the last election and considering the number
of constituencies that were second place for ALP.
If the thresholds for the drag - along are set at a level where various stockholder
constituencies are protected against transactions that are not economically beneficial to them, the drag - along provision serves a good housekeeping function to make sure that minority shareholders
vote in favor
of the transaction.
The coalition
of black churches
in urban communities can no longer be counted on for block Democratic
votes, and despite the president's pleas, he may find that his most loyal
constituency will not be able to bring significant wins to the Democratic column come Tuesday.
Veteran Israeli politicians expect the Obama administration to give Israel an ultimatum later this year to make peace with the Palestinian Authority» that is, with a political entity that is kept alive on the West Bank by an American - trained militia and the Israeli Army, and that is headed by a prime minister, Salam Fayyad, whose party won 2 percent
of the
vote in the last elections and who faces a
constituency two - thirds
of which tells pollsters that it doesn't want any deal with a Jewish state.
In a one - on - one - interview, the former Trades Minister refuted assertions that, he has no «constituency» in NDC and that will affect his chances of getting delegates to vote for him to become the presidential candidate ahead of 2020 national election
In a one - on - one - interview, the former Trades Minister refuted assertions that, he has no «
constituency»
in NDC and that will affect his chances of getting delegates to vote for him to become the presidential candidate ahead of 2020 national election
in NDC and that will affect his chances
of getting delegates to
vote for him to become the presidential candidate ahead
of 2020 national elections.
«I think Brexit provides some opportunities, but I represent a
constituency where nearly 70 %
of people
voted to Leave and I have a responsibility to make sure their voices are heard
in that debate,» says Jarvis.
The deputy prime minister told reporters he would instruct his MPs to
vote against the
constituency boundary review
in retaliation for Tory MPs» refusal to support House
of Lords reform.
Nick Griffin came sixth
in his North West
constituency, receiving just two per cent
of total
votes.
Mr Smith will however be able to continue to
vote on some or all
of these policy areas
in other English MPs
constituencies where responsibility has not yet been devolved.
In constituencies where over 60 % of the population had voted Leave, the swing, of 0.8 %, was in the Tories» directio
In constituencies where over 60 %
of the population had
voted Leave, the swing,
of 0.8 %, was
in the Tories» directio
in the Tories» direction.
«It made me think that even though I always kept
in touch every weekend with the
constituency, never ever let them down, I hadn't realised that it wasn't just the disillusioned and dispossessed that were ready to
vote for Brexit, it was quite a substantial chunk
of the middle class and we need to take that on board.»
Just to demonstrate how emphatically the No
votes outweighed the Yes,
in the
constituency of Eastleigh (Chris Huhne's backyard), they were using bricks to separate bundles
of 1,000
votes.
In the Scottish Parliament election, 2016, SNP saw its constituency vote increase slightly (from 45.4 % to 46.5 %) and its regional vote decrease slightly (from 44.0 % to 41.7 %), leading to a decrease from 69 to 63 seats (out of 129) in the additional member syste
In the Scottish Parliament election, 2016, SNP saw its
constituency vote increase slightly (from 45.4 % to 46.5 %) and its regional
vote decrease slightly (from 44.0 % to 41.7 %), leading to a decrease from 69 to 63 seats (out
of 129)
in the additional member syste
in the additional member system.
If Benson's thesis holds
in 2012, the
votes of this
constituency will be shaped not by convention speeches, but by the social groups these men affiliate with.
Both use a first past the post (i.e. the candidate (s) with a plurality
of votes wins)
in individual
voting areas (parliamentary
constituencies at national level, wards an local...
Out
of the over two million party members expected to cast their
votes, 61,836
voted «No» representing 4.90 %
in relation to President Mahama's candidature
in 265 out
of 275
constituencies.
Correlation between the estimated Remain
vote in a
constituency and the proportion
of petitioners from such
constituencies is extremely high (r = 0.93).
However,
in the Hungarian system, surplus
votes of the party winning the
constituency go towards the list as well, skewing the result away from proportionality.
The independent variable is the MP's margin
of victory
in his / her
constituency (i.e. number
of votes the MP received over the second - placed candidate).
However, there is one statistically significant result that suggests that
constituency factors and re-election concerns might be affecting MPs» positions: MPs elected
in seats with higher levels
of UKIP
vote share are more likely to be uncommitted on the referendum.
Its six points for parliamentary reform (universal male suffrage; no property qualification to become an MP; payment
of MPs; equal sized
constituencies;
voting in secret; and annual parliaments) had first been proposed as a package
in the 1770s by John Cartwright.
Your question also touches upon another problem: The fact that first - past - the - post and other systems based on gaining a plurality
of the
vote in single - seat
constituencies distort the
vote and can be used to durably keep minority parties out
of the parliament and government politics.
Goodwin analysed Labour
constituencies with the lowest majorities where over 50 %
voted Leave
in the EU referendum, and where Ukip are already
in second place, or a close third, to come up with his list
of 20 target seats.
The Fidesz parliamentary bloc, which enacted constitutional changes without including or consulting any opposition party, slashed the size
of the parliament
in half, redrew all
of the individual
constituencies unilaterally, changed the two - round system to a single first - past - the - post election for individual
constituencies, and altered the way
votes were aggregated.
This scheme doesn't work out because there is a rule specifically made to frustrate it (§ 6 BWahlG, subsection 1, second sentence;
in German): If a
constituency is won by an independent candidate, the party
votes (Zweitstimmen)
of all voters who supported this candidate are discarded.
It is alleged Mr Woolas falsely accused Mr Watkins
of not living
in the
constituency when he had promised he would, suggesting the Lib Dem's campaign was being illegally funded by a sheikh and wooing the extremist
vote.
There is another MPA assessment due this month, and with the information commissioner demanding the details
of the amber - red reports are released, the public accounts committee to debate the details
of the stinging National Audit Office report, and a ruling on legal appeals all due for July, the answer for government is simple: get the
vote on the paving bill through before any
of that happens, whilst trying to con MPs
in affected
constituencies that if they don't
vote for it, the compensation pot will run dry.
While most
of those doing so will
vote in the neighbouring Sheffield Central
constituency, a significant minority will register
in Hallam.
Each
constituency candidate may,
in writing, appoint 1 or more scrutineers to be present at the office
of the Electoral Commission when the Commission is performing its duties
in relation to special
vote declarations for the district.
Remember, there are no truly safe seats: no candidate
in the last election got more than half
of all the potential
votes in their
constituency.
These national poll findings suggest that the first time
vote may well prove to be particularly open and up for grabs
in LibDem - Conservative marginals, but it may be a challenge for both sides to persuade first time voters
of the value
of backing a candidate who has a chance
in the
constituency race.
In key
constituencies, the perceived risks
of a Labour government to economic stability undoubtedly shored up the Conservative
vote.
Hitherto, the coincidence
of local and general election results provided an opportunity to estimate a PNS for the parallel local elections by comparing the local and parliamentary election results
in those
constituencies where all the component wards were contested, and then applying the resulting difference for each party to its share
of the Britain - wide parliamentary
vote.
a
constituency candidate for a component party
of that party (being a component party that is not listed on the part
of the ballot paper that relates to the party
vote but is,
in accordance with the details held by the Electoral Commission under any
of the provisions
of sections 127 (3A) and 128A, a component party
of that party) has his or her name endorsed on a writ under section 185 as a person declared to be elected as a member
of Parliament.
The Liberal Democrats»
vote has fallen by half
in constituencies where Labour are their main challengers, according to my latest round
of polling
in marginal seats.
My survey
of 1,000 residents
of the
constituency, completed on Thursday, found that when asked which party they would
vote for
in a general election tomorrow, 42 % named the Conservatives, 28 % Labour and 19 % UKIP: a 14 - point Tory lead.
There's a fair bunch
of people who will either
vote Labour or LibDem, depending on which one looks most leftmost (and likely to get
in in their
constituency), but who would never
vote Tory, certainly not after Thatcher.
Which brings me to my favourite part
of this result: the strongest Green list
vote we've seen since this polling sequence began, indicating a Green group five times larger than that which currently sits at Holyrood, primarily because Labour would no longer be so substantially under - represented
in the
constituencies.