Neco 2023 Civic Education Question 34

Practice objective / multiple choice question 34 from the 2023 Neco Civic Education examination.

Neco 2023 Civic Education Objective / Multiple Choice Medium Difficulty
Question 34 NECO • 2023 • CIVIC_EDUCATION • objective

In a country with 100 parliamentary seats, Party A receives 40% of the popular vote, Party B 35%, and Party C 25%. Under a first‑past‑the‑post (FPTP) system the seat distribution is: Party A 55 seats, Party B 30 seats, Party C 15 seats. Under a proportional representation (PR) system seats are allocated exactly according to vote share (rounded to the nearest whole seat). Which electoral system yields a more proportional result? Show the calculation used to reach your conclusion.

Answer Options

A. Proportional representation - it yields a deviation of 5 percentage points, which is less than the 30‑point deviation under FPTP.
B. First‑past‑the‑post - it produces zero deviation from the vote shares, whereas proportional representation shows a total deviation of 30 percentage points.
C. Proportional representation - it produces a total deviation of 10 percentage points, while FPTP deviates by 20 percentage points.
Correct Answer D. Proportional representation - it produces zero deviation from the vote shares, whereas FPTP shows a total deviation of 30 percentage points.
Correct Answer
D
Correct Option:
Proportional representation - it produces zero deviation from the vote shares, whereas FPTP shows a total deviation of 30 percentage points.

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This is Neco 2023 Civic Education Question 34. It is one of the objective questions from the 2023 Neco Civic Education examination.

Difficulty level: Medium .

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