That is a feat thought impossible under the proportional-representation system adopted in 1978, and speaks of the gratitude of the majority, Sinhala, population for the end of the war.

这要是放到1978年那会儿的比例代表制下，基本上是不可能的事。这事能成，还是拜斯里兰卡的主宰民族——获得内战胜利的僧伽罗人所赐。

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But because the electoral rules are elegantly rigged to ensure that a majority vote does not mean majority representation, liberals will get a disproportionately small number of seats in the new Legco.

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So too will the balance between proportionate representation in government (as advocated by the majority Shias) and equal representation for all ethnic groups (as pushed by the Sunnis and Kurds).

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But because Conservatives fear that they would not win an outright majority in a proportional representation (PR) system, the Lib Dems could secure only a more modest prize: a referendum on keeping FPTP or adopting the alternative vote (AV).

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