[adsche]

Tangential point but Germany's parliament has a 5% public vote threshold for parties to enter parliament (some exceptions apply).

According to current polls, that means between of 6%-9% of votes (for minor parties) will end up without parliamentary representation (5% at the last federal election).

NB: The number of not represented people is of course much higher, even discounting non-voters and underage citizens, since most(all?) foreign residents don't have the right to vote in federal elections.

[barbazoo]

That's true and probably exacerbated by the huge number of political parties. 5.9% in Canada is not that bad then maybe? I don't know.

Same applies here, only citizens of age are allowed to vote.

[adsche]

I don't know either, therefore I considered it a pretty tangential point. It feels like the choice is a bit more diverse here because there are six(+1*) parties all but guaranteed to enter parliament, so you wouldn't waste a vote if you voted for any of them.

*) seven actually, one party (CSU) only standing in Bavaria instead of the conservative party CDU.