uk politics just makes no sense to me no matter how many times i get it explained by teachers. i know that first past the post leads to disproportionate votes but have never understood the system of winning seats
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Imagine an election with five parties which each have a candidate standing for election in every electoral district in a country with FPTP voting, and by some miracle, the results are identical in every district with:
Party 1: 30%
Party 2: 25%
Party 3: 20%
Party 4: 15%
Party 5: 10%
of the cast votes. Party 1 wins every district and sends its representatives to the national parliament, controlling 100% of the seats, despite a 30% vote share.
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