But they could exact a high price: they are long-standing advocates of a proportional voting system, which would boost them but could damage the two big parties.

但他们的要价不会低，比如他们会要求进行比例选举，这对他们有利而会减少两大党的票数。

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Mr Nishioka’s proposal (as leader of the house, he says he is non-partisan) is to scrap the prefectural system, and replace it with proportional representation in nine supersized voting areas.

西冈先生的提议（作为参议院议长，他表明自己是无党派的）是在九大选区用比例代表制取代府县制。

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Mr Nishioka's proposal (as leader of the house, he says he is non-partisan) is to scrap the prefectural system, and replace it with proportional representation in nine supersized voting areas.

西冈先生的提议(作为参议院议长，他表明自己是无党派的)是在九大选区用比例代表制取代府县制。

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All want the House of Lords to be wholly or largely elected under a proportional voting system.

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However, in Israel's highly fragmented proportional voting system, Mr Netanyahu is expected to seek a coalition government with other parties from the right, including Naftali Bennett's.

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The Liberal Democrats have long campaigned for a more proportional voting system, with the single transferable vote their favoured option, but the Conservatives agreed to a referendum on AV as part of the coalition deal.

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