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Yodoliyee OP t1_j4sj6hz wrote

Seat map of the United Kingdom House of Commons if the 2019 Election was held under the German electoral system. The number of constitutencies won by a party was halved and rounded down to the nearest whole number. Despite SNP, DUP, and Sinn Fein not making the 5% threshold, they sill get full proportional representation, as they won more than 3 constituencies. Parties for ethnic minorities (I considered Plaid Cymru as such) also get full proportional representation, regardless of how many votes or constituencies they got. The reason the parliament has 800 seats is because according to their vote share, the DUP would win 3 seats, but as they won 4 constituencies, all other parties need extra levelling members to make the seat distribution proportional.

Tools: https://parliamentdiagram.toolforge.org/parlitest.php, https://app.flourish.studio/visualisation/12472140/edit

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election

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Commercial_Jelly_893 t1_j4ugiah wrote

What would the most likely collation be? Trying to work out if Labour-Lib Dem would have a majority or if they would need the SNP as well, possibly other smaller parties?

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