In a PR electoral system, an open list would be more closely associated with constituency service than would be a closed list.

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In an open list system, voters can choose individual candidates from a political party list. This means that individual candidates are likely to focus on serving their constituents in order to gain more support in the election. In a closed list system, political parties determine the ranking of candidates on their party list, therefore individual candidates may not feel as directly accountable to their constituents.

In a PR Electoral System, an Open List Would Be