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Due to the effect of party magnitude women will theoretically be helped by both the combination of high electoral district magnitudes and high legal thresholds. According to the dynamics of ticket-balancing, the combination of PR in large or even nation-wide districts with legal thresholds appears to be advantageous for women’s nomination and representation. However, even this combination alone does not guarantee a high women’s representation, as the different national experiences in Europe show.