As elections to the European Parliament, unlike those to the House of Commons, are conducted under a system of proportional representation, voting for outsiders can bring them a real reward.

因为欧洲议会的选举与英国下议院不用，采用的是比例代表制，给靠边党投票能带来真正的回报。

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Mr Nishioka’s proposal (as leader of the house, he says he is non-partisan) is to scrap the prefectural system, and replace it with proportional representation in nine supersized voting areas.

西冈先生的提议（作为参议院议长，他表明自己是无党派的）是在九大选区用比例代表制取代府县制。

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Mr Nishioka's proposal (as leader of the house, he says he is non-partisan) is to scrap the prefectural system, and replace it with proportional representation in nine supersized voting areas.

西冈先生的提议(作为参议院议长，他表明自己是无党派的)是在九大选区用比例代表制取代府县制。

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He also called for a full proportional representation voting system, which he said would mean his party would come second or third in the next general election.

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He also hit out at the present proportional representation system for voting for assembly members which he described as leading to "perverse outcomes", with candidates defeated in a first-past-the-post system getting in under the regional list ballot.

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Messrs Zeman and Klaus, whose parties together won 60% of the vote and 137 of parliament's 200 seats, want to amend the constitution so as to change the voting system from proportional representation to first-past-the-post.

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