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We have seen that electoral institutions are clearly associated with variations in electoral participation across the post-communist region. Yet voting is but the first stage in the representational process. In order to have an input into decision-making, citizens also need to ensure that their vote counts. This chapter will evaluate the effect of various aspects of electoral system design on the representational inclusion, understood as the proportion of voters whose choices are reflected in the composition of the assembly. How voters are represented will be the subject of Chapters 5 and 6; the present analysis will be concerned with whether they are represented, from both the collective (national-level) and the dyadic (district-level) perspectives.
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Birch, S. (2003). Representation Inclusion. In: Electoral Systems and Political Transformation in Post-Communist Europe. One Europe or Several?. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403938763_4
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