That is laughably overblown, not least because Westminster's first-past-the-post system makes it much harder for them to win even one.

这种吹嘘只能让人笑话，尤其是在英国议会的简单多数获胜制下，他们要夺得哪怕一个席位都是难上加难。

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Scrapping the first-past-the-post system has been an article of faith for his party for decades, even if AV falls far short of the full proportional representation favoured by Liberal Democrats.

自民党几十年来都想要废除最高票者当选的制度，即便备择性选举离自民党推举的比例代表制还有很大一段距离。

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Rather, it has much to do with Singapore's singular first-past-the-post system.

当然，这倒是和新加坡独特的相对多数选举制有很大关系。

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He adds that,unfortunately, post-Soviet countries, including Russia and Ukraine, have also preserved the Soviet system in which historians are funded by the state, rather than private foundations.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

South Korea uses a first-past-the-post system, and so the candidate with the most votes will become president.

BBC: South Koreans vote in tightly-fought presidential poll

Secondly, the first-past-the-post system exaggerates the advantage of the winning party, particularly at the expense of third parties.

BBC: THE CLAIM

Countries considering changing their first-past-the post system had been alarmed by the results of the New Zealand experiment.

ECONOMIST: New Zealand