No electoral rules allow a perfectly proportional transfer from votes into seats, although some electoral systems are much more proportional than others.

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Electoral systems such as proportional representation aim to be as proportional as possible but there are often factors that affect the accuracy of the translation from votes to seats such as the size of electoral districts or the allocation of surplus votes. Therefore, no electoral rules allow a perfectly proportional transfer from votes into seats.

No Electoral Rules Allow a Perfectly Proportional Transfer from Votes