A Proportional “Disproportiona” Electoral System - subsequent to the amendment to the law on elections to the Czech Parliament

The purpose of this paper is to provide a political science analysis of the electoral system subsequent to the reforms approved in July 2000. The separate components of the set of electoral rules are scrutinised under the microscope of model calculations. The anatomy of the electoral system is then examined, particularly with respect to different-sized constituencies and with the help of two basic mathematical methods. The most important task, however, was not to examine the details for their own sake, but to define the basic characteristics of the reform's electoral mechanism, particularly with regard to the constitutionally-enshrined principle of proportional representation that applies to elections to the Lower Chamber of Czech parliament. In the context of this analysis, an attempt is made to modify the political science definition of the system of proportional representation by means of a quantifiable measurement.