6.9 Advantages of delimiting electoral districts (1)

1. Geographic link between constituent and representative - electoral districts improve the accountability of representatives to their voters. Electoral districts link elected representatives to a smaller, geographically-defined, constituency. This allows voters to hold specific representatives accountable.

As multiple-member districts are made larger, this link is weaker. In party list PR systems without delineated districts, such as the Netherlands and Israel, the geographic link between representatives and their constituents is considered extremely weak.