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Hmm... Also in France and Spain you can win a landslide with less than 50% of the votes.

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by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Jul 26th, 2010 at 07:03:01 AM EST
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Yep: about 35% of the nationwide vote can secure a majority of seats at the National Assembly.

It has already happened in the past, to the PS in 1981, 2007 and, more recently, to the UMP in 2007.

Europeans think a hundred miles is a long way. Americans think a hundred years is a long time.

by Bernard on Mon Jul 26th, 2010 at 07:20:22 AM EST
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