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That can't be right - those seat allocations sum to well over 400. I guess we can expect the oldest democracy money can buy to have over 100 % voter participation, but surely they cannot have over 130 % parliamentary attendance?

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by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Sun May 6th, 2012 at 02:11:41 PM EST
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Well, it's 196-319 + 50 which is 250 + 50 with a lot of noise. Not everyone can be simultaneously at the bottom of their vote range or at the top of their seat range. The first three parties, in particular, could any of them get the 50-seat bonus, but can't get it simultaneously.

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by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun May 6th, 2012 at 02:26:17 PM EST
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