The results of a recent BC election are summarized by party below:
Liberal: 1,140,000
NDP: 430,000
Green: 250,000
Reform: 180,000
a. In a system of proportional representation (each party would receive seats in proportion to the number of votes), how many of the 79 seats would each party receive?
b. In the next election, there were again 2 million votes cast. The Green and Reform parties received the same amount of votes as before, but the NDP received half as many votes as the Liberals. How many seats would each party receive?