This Canadian federal electoral system is weird, but do I get it right that not only didn't Poilievre's party get majority, but Poilievre himself lost his seat despite 38,581 votes cast for him?
https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/elections/federal/2025/results/#/ridings/27046
#FirstPastThePost #Canada

And thanks to #FirstPastThePost, Doug Ford has 100% of the power with just 20% of the vote. Everyone else gets to shut up and sit on their hands for the next four years.

It’s past time for #ElectoralReform.

From: https://mstdn.ca/@AlisonCreekside/114104628436740685

Lessons from Ireland: How the country’s electoral system would strengthen Canadian democracy #electoralreform #Canada #democracy #Ireland #proportionalrepresentation #firstpastthepost #elections https://theconversation.com/lessons-from-ireland-how-the-countrys-electoral-system-would-strengthen-canadian-democracy-247541?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=bylinetwitterbutton

#Labour divided over calls to scrap #FirstPastThePost after landslide win

Leadership won’t take the risk of #ProportionalRepresentation but members are pushing for change
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/17/labour-divided-over-calls-to-scrap-first-past-the-post-after-landslide-win
#PR

Fascinating #UKelection analysis from the #ElectoralReform Society:

Even with so much tactical voting (where voters don't pick their true preference, and instead are guessing what other voters are going to do based on imperfect polling and trying to game the system in a dismal electoral Prisoner's Dilemma) we still see that most MPs were elected with a minority of the vote. Most voters voted for candidates that did not win.

The #FirstPastThePost system needs to go. #ProportionalRepresentation

‘#ElectoralReform

‘Disproportionate’ #UK election results boost calls to ditch #FirstPastThePost

Campaigners for electoral reform say outcome has renewed pressure for #ProportionalRepresentation
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/08/disproportionate-uk-election-results-boost-calls-to-ditch-first-past-the-post

#Labour may win big under #FirstPastThePost, but it is morally obliged to bring in a fairer system

#TacticalVoting can help oust the #Tories, but we should remember that it’s also a democratic abomination
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/02/labour-first-past-the-post-tactical-voting
#AfterTheElection #GE2024 #PR

France’s mysterious two-round voting system, explained https://www.euractiv.com/section/elections/news/frances-mysterious-two-round-voting-system-explained/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Dissolution #EmmanuelMacron #Firstpastthepost #Frontpopulaire