Electoral Engineering and Enhancing of Parliamentary Performance

Any state that intends to gain a progressive level of democratic transition has to choose or engineer an electoral system that can implement the real representation of the population. So, the newly democratic states need to engineer their electoral system according to their political, social, economic and cultural conditions. The result of this process should be reflected positively on the performance of parliament. The electoral system is the main base in the construction of a democratic state as such a system encouraging people to vote; without voting, the democratic system would lose its meaning and content. Any electoral system reflecting its own political, social and cultural structure, and executing a significant role in determining the strength or weakness of parliament through its influence on supervisory and legislative responsibilities of the legislative authority.