名めい簿ぼ式しき比ひ例れい代だい表ひょう制せい

Meanings

list-based proportional representation system

A proportional representation system where voters choose from a party list, either voting for the list as a whole or for individual candidates on it. Technical term used in political science and electoral system discussions.

日本にほんの参さん議ぎ院いん選せん挙きょでは、名めい簿ぼ式しき比ひ例れい代だい表ひょう制せいが採さい用ようされている。
In Japan's House of Councillors elections, a list-based proportional representation system is used.

Kanji

名name, noted, distinguished
簿register, record book
式style, ceremony, rite
比compare, race, ratio
例example, custom, usage
代substitute, change, convert
表surface, table, chart
制system, law, rule

Related words

比ひ例れい代だい表ひょう制せい
比例代表制 is the general term for proportional representation; 名簿式比例代表制 specifies the list-based variant.
小しょう選せん挙きょ区く制せい
小選挙区制 is a single-seat constituency system, contrasting with the proportional representation approach of 名簿式比例代表制.

Word family

拘こう束そく名めい簿ぼ式しき比ひ例れい代だい表ひょう制せい
closed-list proportional representation

Built from

名めい簿ぼ+式しき+比ひ例れい代だい表ひょう制せい

Etymology

Compound of 名簿 (list, register), 式 (style, system), 比例 (proportion), 代表 (representation), and 制 (system). A technical term formed from Sino-Japanese elements.