English-Finnish translations for proportional representation

• suhteellinen vaalitapa
  Euroopassa, unionissa pätee suhteellinen vaalitapa. For Europe, and for the Union, there must proportional representation.
  Sitten on vielä kysymys siitä, valitaanko suhteellinen vaalitapa vai enemmistövaali. Then there is the whole question of the proportional representation or an individual representation system there.

Definition of proportional representation

• A voting principle aimed at securing a close match between the percentage of votes that groups of candidates obtain in elections, and the percentage of seats they receive in the elected body

Related words

• proportion
• well-proportioned
• proportional
• proportionality
• proportions
• disproportion
• proportionate
• disproportionate
• disproportionately
• proportionately