Question

There is a new country called Tiderce where the people's political opinions lead them to divide themselves into five different groups, representing different outlooks on how the legislature should approach public policy. These five groups based on political convictions in turn result in the formation of five political parties (each named after an animal mascot). The five parties are listed below in order from most liberal to most conservative. In the first election for the legislature in this country the people vote for their candidates and/or their parties as follows, with the vote in the whole country being the same as the vote in every part of it:

Lion                   20%

Tiger                24%

Bear                13%

Antelope          18%

Gazelle             25%

Which could result in the Gazelle Party’s having exactly 75% of the seats in the legislature?

		Proportional representation
		single member districts and majority winners
		single member districts and plurality winners

Answer 1

ANSWER: Single member district and majority wins

In single member district and majority wins system the winner takes all the seats. In the above scenario Gazelle party is taking almost 75% of seats in the legislature which means that party is taking all the seats in the legislature. Hence it is single member district and majority wins.