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[–] terath 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Any links to back that up? Seems suspect.

[–] Kecessa 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Look at the results

142 seats right now with 37% of the votes and 577 seats total

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_French_legislative_election

[–] terath 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Doesn’t France have a sort of PR in how the multiple rounds work? In any case the system still sends way better than FPTP. Canada has had majorities backed by only 40% of the vote, which is pretty insane.

[–] Kecessa 1 points 2 days ago

First round is used to filter out the candidates who don't get enough votes to matter, second round is FPTP but only with the major parties left.

I'm the end the numbers are pretty cut and dry, with PR the far right would have ended getting 50% more seats.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

The two-round runoff system France uses is not proportional. It's not even necessarily ensuring an MP is elected by a majority, because there are some situations where the runoff can be contested by more than two people. But it's still a better system than a single round, since it does afford a voter some level of protection against voting against the establishment, at least in the first round