ES - ELECTORAL SYSTEMS

Question 1

in 2019, how many votes per seat did the Conservative party require

Answer 1

less than 40,000 votes per seat

Question 2

in 2019, how many votes per seat did the Green party require

Answer 2

over 800,000 votes per seat

Question 3

how many hung parliaments have there been since WWII

Answer 3

only 3

Question 4

what % of the vote did UKIP receive in 2015 despite only recieving 1 Single seat

Answer 4

12.6%

Question 5

what % of the vote did the BNP win in 2010 despite recieveing 0 seats

Answer 5

1.9%

Question 6

if the 2010 election used a PR system, how many seats would the extremist party, The BNP, have received?

Answer 6

12

Question 7

in 2019, what % of the entire vote had an actual impact on the result due to wasted surplus’s and votes for losing parties

Answer 7

30% of the entire vote

Question 8

in which year was the only occasion where the London Mayor received more than 50% of all ballots

Answer 8

2016 London Mayoral Election

Question 9

what electoral system is used in scotland

Answer 9

AMS ( Additional Member System)

Question 10

in the 2011 scottish Parliament election, what percentage of constituency seats did Labour win, despite only having 32% of the actually vote

Answer 10

almost 50% of constituency seats

Question 11

in the 2011 scottish election, Labour won almost 50% of constituency seats. how many actual seats did labour end up with after being corrected by the Closed Party List

Answer 11

29% - much closer to their 32% vote share

Question 12

what electoral system was used in the 2016 mayoral election

Answer 12

SV - Supplementary Vote