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I had to stop and read about the AMS system now, and ... huh. It seems like an interesting way to try to get both the "personal" representation of the English system and the proportional representation of something like the Norwegian system - though yeah it is a bit odd that the levelling is done per region instead of nationally. For comparison, we (Norway) do a single vote, for a list in our region. Each region elects a number of MPs, split proportionally. There is then a single extra seat per region (so 19 of the 169), allocated at the end to make the complete parliament as close as possible to what you'd get if there was just one big region. Never mind that the number of representatives per region is slightly weighted by land area to overrepresent the large empty northern regions, and that you are only eligible for those last seats if you get over 4%. (It's always exciting to see which of the multiple small parties manage to claw their way above the border for an extra MP or two). The clear downside compared to the English or even Scottish system is that I didn't really vote for any single person, just for an amorphous collective - there is no single person who is "my" representative.
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