Sentence examples for party representation from inspiring English sources

The territorialists seem reluctant to accept the proportionalists' belief in party representation.

Voters cast ballots for political parties at the regional level with their second vote (Zweitstimme), which determines overall party representation.

P11 The balance of the party representation of state governors was not expected to change by more than one or two seats, voting results and projections indicated.

The mayor of London has also scrapped any Labour party representation on the 13-strong London Development Agency board - which overseas a regeneration budget of more than £500m.

Regional members are elected to "top up" party representation to make it match total votes as closely as possible, which is not that close in most cases.

At the same time, an odd-bedfellows coalition of Labor and Likud supporters met to try to abolish the current voting system, in which ballots are cast separately for prime minister and for party representation in Parliament.

Many of the responsibilities held by the MPA, currently a hybrid body with cross-party representation from the London assembly and independent members, would be handed over to the London assembly.

He said Labor would "absolutely support" an inquiry by the joint standing committee on electoral matters in the wake of a federal election which delivered stronger than usual micro-party representation in the Senate due in large part to intricate preference swaps.

Third-party representation varied considerably; whereas the Liberal Democrats, whose support was spread throughout the country, captured 8 percent of the seats with more than 18 percent of the vote, the Plaid Cymru, whose support is concentrated wholly in Wales, won 0.7 percent of the vote and 0.7 percent of the seats.

The Tories' gains had more to do with Labour losing votes to the Liberal Democrats than with any positive appeal of their own.The Lib Dems now have the largest third-party representation in the House of Commons since the 1920s; yet they too are disappointed.

Health Minister Mark Drakeford has proposed a 12-month commission beginning in April with an independent chair and cross-party representation.