1. An electoral system that allocates legislative seats to each political group in proportion to its popular voting strength. [Cases: Constitutional Law 225.3(10); Elections 12. C.J.S. Constitutional Law § 823; Elections§§ 8, 40(1).]
2. See proportional voting under VOTING. • The term refers to two related but distinguishable concepts: proportional outcome (having members of a group elected in proportion to their numbers in the electorate) and proportional involvement (more precisely termed proportional voting and denoting the electoral system also known as single transferable voting).
