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You've got to vote, vote, vote, vote, vote.

You have R100. Spend it on five parties.

One person, one vote records only your favourite. Here you rank five parties and your R100 is split R49, R25, R16, R9 and R1. Then see how Parliament changes when everyone does the same.

Start voting
7² + 5² + 4² + 3² + 1² = 100
bigger square, bigger say

Thank you. Your five votes are in.

Here is what your R100 does under each system.

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STEP 1

Tap five parties, favourite first

Your first tap gets R49, then R25, R16, R9 and R1. Tap a party again to take its money back.

STEP 2

Your age (optional)

Only your age in years, never your date of birth. It lets us show how different generations vote.

Same voters. Two Parliaments.

What if every South African
had five votes?

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One person, one vote

Each ballot counts only its first choice.

400 seatsMajority: 201
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How the seats are worked out

Both Parliaments have 400 seats shared in proportion to support, using the largest remainder method. Under one person, one vote each ballot gives one vote to its first choice only. Under one person, five votes each ballot gives R49 to its first choice, R25 to its second, R16 to its third, R9 to its fourth and R1 to its fifth, and seats follow each party's total rands. Weights are the squares 7², 5², 4², 3² and 1², which sum to 10² = 100. Results reflect people who chose to vote on this site and are not a scientific sample of South African voters.