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First-past-the-post is a voting system where the party that has a the largest number of seats wins the election.

It is simple, fast and smaller. It has more specific ridings and more people use this system.There is a clear winner who can govern without compromising.

Some parties have no representation even if they are popular. It is possible for a party to hold a majority of seats even if the toal number of votes is less than those won by another party, if they win some seats by a small margin and lose some by a large margin. In a system with proportional representation, alliances may be formed to govern and this may mean that more voters views are taken into account.

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