Second Greek election will be held under different electoral system

National elections on June 25 in Greece will be held under the system of "reinforced" proportional representation, which differs from proportional representation that the May 21 national ballot was held under, in that it allocates bonus seats in Parliament. 

The number of bonus seats is not fixed but depends on the first party' final percentage of votes, using a sliding scale. If, for example, the first party gets 25% the bonus is 20 seats, while the remaining 280 seats (Greek parliament has 300 MPs total) are distributed proportionally between the parties that made it into Parliament by reaching - or surpassing the 3% threshold. For every additional 0.5% thereof the bonus increases by one seat and the other parties' seats are reduced accordingly. Therefore, the absolute maximum of 50 bonus seats secures the first party with a percentage of approximately 40%, which is the...