Voting Results with PPPR

Voting results nowadays list not only the number of votes each candidate gets but the % of votes these results represent and so indicates at a glance the popularity of each candidate.     By using these % figures it is possible to establish a system of Proportional Representation.

PPPR – Party Percentage Proportional Representation – so that any party with say, 30% of the votes can expect 30% of the seats. It requires one vote on one voting paper. The result is that the voters get what the voters voted for.

How does PPPR work?

All PR systems require multi – seat constituencies.

Four Westminster seats would make up an EPC – Electing Proportional Constituencies

What would the PPPR  voting paper look like?

The voting paper would be A4 size.  In an 4 seat EPC any party could list up to four  candidates. This could result in a voting paper with many names to choose from, thus giving the voter a wider choice of party person to vote for.

How are PPPR seats awarded?

After the election, the votes would be counted by machines to establish :-                                      1) The number of votes for each person.                                                                                                   2) The total number of votes for each party.                                                                               Establish the % of votes for each party and the number of party seats won.                               The % ‘price’ of a seat depends on the number of seats in each EPC,  4 seats –  25% .

The Candidates would stand for election in the EPC not the individual constituencies.                The Returning Officer would award seats to the parties gaining the necessary % of votes and award a constituency to the candidate who got the highest number of votes in that constituency, thus PPPR would also be known as, the most  —

Popular Parties and Persons Returned.