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Electing the European Parliament: How Uniform are ‘Uniform’ Electoral Systems?

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  • DAVID M. FARRELL
  • ROGER SCULLY

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In 2002 agreement was reached on new uniform electoral procedures for European Parliament elections. This article does two things. First, it provides a comprehensive account of the rules under which the EP was elected in 2004, revealing a high degree of continuing variability in the existing electoral systems across all 25 Member States. Second, it addresses the question: if the electoral systems vary in form, do they also differ significantly in their effects?

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  • David M. Farrell & Roger Scully, 2005. "Electing the European Parliament: How Uniform are ‘Uniform’ Electoral Systems?," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 43(5), pages 969-984, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jcmkts:v:43:y:2005:i:5:p:969-984
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5965.2005.00604.x
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    1. Dionysia Tamvaki, 2009. "Using Eurobarometer data on voter participation in the 2004 European elections to test the RECON models," RECON Online Working Papers Series 13, RECON.
    2. Lukas Obholzer & William T Daniel, 2016. "An online electoral connection? How electoral systems condition representatives’ social media use," European Union Politics, , vol. 17(3), pages 387-407, September.
    3. Christopher Prosser, 2016. "Second order electoral rules and national party systems: The Duvergerian effects of European Parliament elections," European Union Politics, , vol. 17(3), pages 366-386, September.
    4. Manow, Philip & Döring, Holger, 2006. "Divided Government European Style? Electoral and Mechanical Causes of European Parliament and Council Divisions," MPIfG Discussion Paper 06/8, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies.
    5. Jessica Fortin-Rittberger & Berthold Rittberger, 2014. "Do electoral rules matter? Explaining national differences in women's representation in the European Parliament," European Union Politics, , vol. 15(4), pages 496-520, December.

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