More than half the electorate was deprived of representation and those parties that were elected had a percentage of seats twice that of their percentage of votes, so that a proportional system became a majority one.

- Russia: in 1995, there was a 5% threshold for the half of the Duma that was elected on a proportional basis. The results were as follows:

                                 % of votes Seats % of seats
CP                                       22.3   99      44.0
Liberal Democrats                 11.2   50      22.2
Our Home – Russia               10.1   45      20.0
Yabloko                                  6.9   31     13.8
Not represented                     49.5    0         0
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                                           100.0 225  100.0