... for the successful party. This leads to there being no need for coalition governments, which are very unstable. The electorate also have good communications with their constituency MP, as he represents their interests and theirs only, and no other constituency. The best advantage is that it is simple and easy to use, as it is designed so that a child could use it. All the electorate must do is put a tick in a box of their preferred choice on a ballot paper, and put I into a box, then the electorate has nothing more to do. PR systems do not have the advantages that FPTP does. People find the PR systems hard to follow, such as the Single Transferable Vote (STV) system, where you can vote for everyone on the ballot in order of preference. Governments tend to be weak, as many are made of coalitions between a couple ...

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