It allocates the rest of the seats to candidates drawn from party lists, topping up the totals to make them match the parties' shares of second votes.

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Put another way, a higher match % is required to make up for the attractiveness distance.

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Vandort finished on 40 not out to make up for his first innings duck, while Tharanga hit 236 runs in the match.

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They couldn't match the effort of the Bulls, who played harder to make up for the absences of starters Luol Deng and Kirk Hinrich during the series.

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"If you do well early with your season tickets, then you have a good idea of where you're going to be, " says Medlock, who didn't quite match the 2, 300 season-ticket packages sold last year but plans to make it up with walk-ups and by selling to larger groups.

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The prospect is for a shouting match that pushes the parties ever further apart and threatens to make the whole system of government seize up.

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