The so-called "electoral threshold" is designed to promote the establishment of a few large parties over a gaggle of small ones.

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Deputy Jeremy Macon said politicians should only use the results of the referendum on electoral reform if it reaches that threshold.

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Instead, he was ready to discuss with Mr Veltroni a new electoral system along German lines: proportional representation, with a threshold for parliament.

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This reflects a growing sense among politicians and the public that the electoral system itself proportional representation with a 2% threshold for a party to enter the assembly is demonstrably dysfunctional.

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The incumbent's share of the vote was cut to just under the crucial 50% plus one ballot threshold needed for outright victory, following an investigation by the UN-backed Electoral Complaints Commission.

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