List of Countries With Closed List Proportional Representation
- Albania
- Angola
- Argentina
- Andorra
- Guatemala
- Hong Kong
- Israel
- Italy
- Pakistan: 70/342 members of the National Assembly
- Philippines: only for sectoral representatives, which account for 20% of the House of Representatives
- Portugal
- Russia
- Serbia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Turkey
- UK MEPs (except Northern Ireland)
- Ukraine
(Countries that have electoral systems that are only partly closed list i.e. mixed electoral systems have been excluded)
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