The European Parliament sent an observer delegation to the elections on Monday 15 September in Rwanda, with its membership determined in accordance with the D’Hondt system.

Some people propose a mixed solution, where half the people in this House, or a quarter of the people, or a third of the people, would be elected through party lists and through proportional representation and the other portion of the House, whether that be one half of it, or a third of it, or three-quarters of it, would be elected through our current system, the first past the post system.

It was conducted under the first-past-the-post voting system, which is inherently unfair and is no longer defensible in the 21st century.

In fact, the definitive textbook of New Zealand politics at the time was called unbridled power because there was nothing to stop the dictatorship of whoever controlled the lower house under the first past the post system, even when that person got a fairly small percentage of the vote.

M. whereas women's representation in elected political assemblies has proved to be positively influenced by the electoral system of proportional representation as compared to the majority system,

2. Proposes that an additional 25 MEPs be elected by a single constituency formed of the whole territory of the European Union; transnational lists would be composed of candidates drawn from at least one third of the States, and may ensure an adequate gender representation; each elector would be enabled to cast one vote for the EU-wide list in addition to their vote for the national or regional list: voting for the EU constituency would be in accordance with the closed list proportional system; and seats would be allocated without a minimum threshold in accordance with the D'Hondt method; further, proposes that an electoral authority ...[+++] be established at EU level in order to regulate the conduct and to verify the result of the election taking place from the EU-wide list;