voting systems

Question 1

How many MSPs are elected from constituencies?

Answer 1

73

Question 2

How many MSPs are elected from the regional vote?

Answer 2

56, (from 8 regions, 7 MSPs each)

Question 3

what parties does the d’hondt formula favour?

Answer 3

smaller parties

Question 4

without AMS, SNP would have __% majority?

Answer 4

78%

Question 5

many of what party was small but had its policies implemented anyway?

Answer 5

UKIP

Question 6

Green party received ______ votes in 2019 general and only 1 seat, compared to the SNP who only needed _____ votes to win a seat in the same election

Answer 6

850,000 votes green party needed

25.900 votes SNP needed

Question 7

what is the d’hondt formula

Answer 7

V/(s+1)

no of votes/1+ number of constituency seats a party has

Question 8

All _ green party MSPs were elected from the regional list

Answer 8

all 8 MSPs

Question 9

Why could one consider UKIP an extremist party?

Answer 9

allegations of racism and views on immigration

Question 10

In general elections, how many seats has UKIP ever won?

Answer 10

1

Question 11

in the 2019 general election, what seat did plaid Cymru win and with what % of the vote

Answer 11

They won Ceredigion with 38% of the vote

Question 12

explain how STV works

Answer 12

voters rank candidates in order of preference and the vote is then transferred from their 1st to 2nd choice etc. until a candidate achieves a majority, may use votes more effectively