The Screwage Factor
Em December 4th, 2008
Yes, proportional representation. We should be so lucky. Here’s a chart for those who want to see the numbers of what our Parliament could (should?) look like with proportional representation.
|
Party |
Actual number of seats |
Percentage of popular vote |
Proportional number of seats |
Percentage of screwage* |
|
Conservative |
143 |
37.63 |
115 |
+24 |
|
Liberal |
77 |
26.24 |
80 |
-3.8 |
|
Bloc |
49 |
9.97 |
30 |
+63 |
|
NDP |
37 |
18.20 |
56 |
-33 |
|
Independent |
2 |
.65 |
2 |
0 |
|
Green |
0 |
6.80 |
20 |
-100 |
|
Other |
0 |
0.51 |
1 ** |
? |
* Screwage being equal to number of actual seats minus number of proportional seats divided by number of proportional seats. Positive values indicate an advantage, negative indicate screwage.
**Assuming the “Other” vote was undivided, which is not true. Hence the question mark.
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