Outcomes of voting in AMS

• Outcomes of the additional member system (AMS)

  • The overall outcome tends to be approximately proportional to the votes cast
  • AMS usually denies parties a large majority of seats
  • Small parties can win seats even though they do not have a chance of winning any constituencies
  • There are two types of representative-a constituency representative and a party list representative
  • The party list representatives have taken on leadership roles more easily because they have fewer distractions (like constituents) to contend with
  • Coalitions have been relatively stable
  • A minority of voters 'split their ticket' by voting for one party in the constituency vote but a different party in the list part of the system