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The Extent of the Population Paradox in the Hungarian Electoral System
Public Choice, Forthcoming
Posted: 27 Sep 2007
Date Written: January 31, 2007
Abstract
The Hungarian mixed-member electoral system adopted in 1989 is one of the most complicated electoral systems. We show by example that the Hungarian election system suffers from the so-called population paradox. Particularly, the governing coalition may lose as many as 8 seats by either getting more votes or by the opposition obtaining fewer votes on each territorial list.
Keywords: Population paradox, Hungary, Electoral systems, Mixed systems
JEL Classification: D72
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Tasnadi, Attila, The Extent of the Population Paradox in the Hungarian Electoral System (January 31, 2007). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=960567 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.960567
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