proportional
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Proportional representation would be more like 20 seats.
From Washington Times • Dec. 26, 2022
Proportional votes, common in most of the world, award seats to each party based on its share of the vote.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 2, 2022
Proportional distribution of bananas is not the issue here.
From New York Times • May 31, 2019
Proportional representation at the district level works as follows: If a candidate wins a majority, he gets all three delegates.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2016
Proportional representation and the extension of franchise to women were both political doctrines which he adopted very early in his career, and never abandoned.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
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