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Hybrid electoral systems the Additional Member System (AMS).
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Hybrid electoral systems The Additional Member System (AMS) Introduction Proportional representation is not a voting system but a general term covering a number of systems which deliver seats to a party in proportion to the number of votes it receives. The Additional Member System usually comes under the umbrella of proportional representation as it partly uses a variation of the party list system. The system is really a hybrid of two voting systems which combine to give a proportional result. The Additional Member System was created by the Allies as an electoral system for post-Nazi Germany and was intended to provide stable government. It is a hybrid of the FPTP system and the Party List system. The operation of the AMS system Two key points which characterise the system: 1. Each voter casts two votes at the same time - one for a constituency MP and the other for...
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