
	Law and Politics Reference: Lyubarev, A.E. Systemic interactions of key parameters of the proportionate election system. // Law and Politics. 2011. № 10. P. 1627-1638. URL: https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=51607 Lyubarev, A.E. Systemic interactions of key parameters of the proportionate election system. Abstract: The author discusses the systemic correlation of the parameters of the proportionate election system, such as the size of election district, threshold, method of dividing mandates among the lists of candidates. The author then shows how these parameters in their combinations infl uence the threshold, that is the amount of votes, having which the list of candidates can guarantee having at least one mandate. Based on legal and political analysis of consequences of application of threshold the author comes to a conclusion that one can consider reasonable only the threshold of no higher than 5%, but it is even more reasonable to apply the threshold of 3 or 4%. Such a threshold is a reasonable compromise between the ability of the parliament to do its work and representation. The author then offers legislative solutions, which can guarantee that a list of candidates, which gets more than 5% of votes shall get at least one mandate. Keywords: jurisprudence, elections, proportionate election system, threshold, provision of mandates, list of candidates, election district, election rights, parliament, fractions. This article is unavailable for unregistered users. Click to login or register References 1. Gallagher M. Comparing Proportional Representation Electoral Systems: Quotas, Thresholds, Paradoxes and Majorities 2. // British Journal of Political Science. 1992. V. 22. P. 485–491. 3. Laakso M. Thresholds for Proportional Representation: Reanalyzed and Extended // The Logic of Multiparty Systems 4. / M.J. Holler (ed.). Dordrecht, 1987. P. 383–390. 5. Lijphart A. Electoral Systems and Party Systems: A Study of Twenty-Seven Democracies, 1945–1990. Oxford: Oxford 6. University Press, 1994. 7. Lijphart A., Gibberd R.W. Thresholds and Payoffs in List Systems of Proportional Representation // European Journal 8. of Political Research. 1977. V. 5. P. 219–230. 9. Ivanchenko A.V., Kynev A.V., Lyubarev A.E. Proportsional'naya izbiratel'naya sistema v Rossii: istoriya, sov- 10. remennoe sostoyanie, perspektivy. M., 2005. 11. Kayunov O.N. Nezrimaya logika izbiratel'nykh zakonov. M.: Magistr, 1997. S. 36–38. 12. Konstitutsionnoe (gosudarstvennoe) pravo zarubezhnykh stran / pod red. B.A. Strashuna. T. 1–2. M., 1996. S. 13. 371–377. 14. Konstitutsionnoe pravo: Slovar' / pod red. V.V. Maklakova. M., 2001. 15. Kynev A. «Partiynye spiski» v bespartiynom prostranstve: izbiratel'nye prava grazhdan i prinuditel'naya 16. partizatsiya mestnykh vyborov // Rossiyskoe elektoral'noe obozrenie. 2010. №1. S. 4–19. 17. Kynev A. Vybory parlamentov rossiyskikh regionov 2003–2009: Pervyy tsikl vnedreniya proportsional'noy 18. izbiratel'noy sistemy. M., 2009. 19. Lapaeva V.V. Pravo i mnogopartiynost' v sovremennoy Rossii. M., 1999. 20. Leykman E., Lambert D.D. Issledovanie mazhoritarnoy i proportsional'noy izbiratel'nykh sistem. M., 1958. 21. S. 99–105. 22. Lyubarev A. Ispol'zovanie metodov deliteley na rossiyskikh vyborakh // Rossiyskoe elektoral'noe obozrenie. 23. 2009. №2. S. 34–42. 24. Lyubarev A. Puti sovershenstvovaniya zakonodatel'stva, reguliruyushchego regional'nye i mestnye vybory // 25. Pravo i zhizn'. 2004. №65 (1). S. 176–198. 26. Lyubarev A.E. Regulirovanie izbiratel'noy sistemy v zakonodatel'stve sub'ektov Rossiyskoy Federatsii // 27. Rossiyskiy yuridicheskiy zhurnal. 2010. №4. 28. Lyubarev A.E., Shalaev N.E. O kriterii proportsional'nosti pri raspredelenii mandatov mezhdu partiynymi 29. spiskami // Konstitutsionnoe i munitsipal'noe pravo. 2009. №23. S. 23–27. 30. Mayer G. Demokraticheskie vybory i izbiratel'naya sistema // Gosudarstvennoe pravo Germanii. T. 1. M., 1994. 31. S. 121–151. 32. Sravnitel'noe izbiratel'noe pravo: Uchebnoe posobie. M., 2003. 33. Taagepera R., Shugart M.S. Opisanie izbiratel'nykh sistem // POLIS. 1997. №3. S. 114–136.

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