An electoral region is a type of multi-member constituency used to elect members of a legislature . They are used in many parts of the world, but often are elected in a different way.
By country
Australia
In Australia , electoral regions are only used to elect the Victorian Legislative Council , the upper house of the Parliament of Victoria . They are elected using group voting tickets , a system that is quite controversial in Australia.
Electoral regions were also formerly used to elect the Western Australian Legislative Council , the upper house of the Parliament of Western Australia , using the same system as in Victoria. However, this system has been scrapped[ 1] and from the 2025 state election and onward the Legislative Council will be elected using the same system as the New South Wales and South Australian Legislative Councils , which are the upper houses of the state parliaments of New South Wales and South Australia , respectively.
United Kingdom
The Senedd , the unicameral parliament of Wales , uses electoral regions to elect some of its members. They are elected using the D'Hondt system .
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