Randahl Fink on Nostr: Many Brits complain about the UK election system on Mastodon. If you have seen it and ...

Many Brits complain about the UK election system on Mastodon. If you have seen it and wondered why, this is it:

The UK has 650 election areas. In each area the candidate with most votes gets a seat in parliament. The serious flaw with this system is, everyone who votes for smaller parties do not get fewer seats — they get no seats.

For example, if 10 percent of voters vote for a party A, but either party B or party C gets more votes in each district, then party A wins nowhere and gets 0 seats.