| 词条 | Majority bonus system |
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The majority bonus system (MBS) is a form of semi-proportional representation used in some European countries. Its feature is a majority bonus which gives extra seats or representation in an elected body to the party or to the joined parties with the most votes with the aim of providing government stability. It is used in Armenia, and San Marino, and was employed by Italy from 2006 to 2013. In Argentina it is used in the Chamber of Deputies of the Province of Santa Fe and the Province of Entre Ríos. Greece used the system before abolishing it in 2016 but the law will not take effect until two elections after it was passed, so the majority bonus system will be used in the 2019 election before being abolished officially. HistoryBenito Mussolini was the first politician to enact a law to give automatic seats to the winning party and ensured his victory in the Italian election of 1924. The majority bonus system was used again after the restoration of the democracy but within basic limits, awarding a number of seats to allow government stability but not large enough to allow a single party to promulgate constitutional changes. It was used in Italian local elections in the 1950s and was reintroduced for local elections in 1993 and national ones in 2006 to replace the scorporo mixed system. In the Italian election of 2013, the Democratic Party won 292 seats in the House using its 8,644,523 votes and so needed 29,604 preferences to obtain a seat. Its major opponent, The People of Freedom, won 97 seats with 7,332,972 votes and so needed 75,597 votes for a single seat. Effectively, the system in use in Italy from 2006 until 2013, which assigned the jackpot regardless of the percentage of vote achieved by the largest party, was judged as unconstitutional by the Italian Constitutional Court.[1][2] After a proposed modification involving a run-off vote (between the top two alliances) was also struck down by the court, parallel voting was adopted for the Italian election of 2018.[3] The majority bonus system was adopted by other European countries, especially Greece in 2004 and San Marino at the national level, and France for its regional and municipal elections. MechanismIt can be based on any form of mechanism used in party-list proportional representation, but a D'Hondt method is most likely, as it will rank seats in an exact order of vote share. Basically, there are two different forms of majority bonus systems, with clearly different political results:
The jackpot system assures a fixed (minimum) number of seats to the winner, while the bonus system adds a fixed number of seats. References1. ^Unconstitutionality sentence by the Italian Constitutional Court {{Cite book2. ^The ruling awaited in Palace of Consulta after the public hearing on 3 December 2013 could cause an earthquake the Italian public scene, changing some of coordinates that determine the behavior of politicians and the electorate: {{cite journal|last1=Buonomo|first1=Giampiero|title = La legge elettorale alla prova di costituzionalità|journal= L'Ago e il filo edizione online|date=2013| url= https://www.questia.com/projects#!/project/89409114}} {{Subscription required |via=Questia}} 3. ^{{cite news|author1=Marco Bertacche|title=How Italy’s New Electoral System Works|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-02/italy-is-rolling-out-a-new-electoral-system-here-s-how-it-works|work=Bloomberg Politics|date=March 2, 2018}} 4. ^[https://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/europe/SM/san-marino-needs-assessment-mission-report REPUBLIC OF SAN MARINO EARLY PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS 11 November 2012 ] | publisher = Berghahn Books | pages = 87–89 | last = Caciagli | first = Mario |author2=Alan S. Zuckerman |author3=Istituto Carlo Cattaneo | title = Italian Politics: Emerging Themes and Institutional Responses | year = 2001 }} 1 : Semi-proportional electoral systems |
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