Compare this with the 2014 European Parliament elections in the UK which use proportional representation - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Parliament_election,_2014_%28United_Kingdom%29 and in which UKIP was duly rewarded for having the highest number of total votes.
Bottom line is UKIP needs to develop better candidates. I think most of their votes were protest votes, and not because voters felt that the UKIP candidate was necessarily the best candidate.
How are districts apportioned?...............
First past the post means a party with diffuse but high support gets very little in the way of seats.
Most European countries use PR because its more democratic and ensures every voter’s vote is not wasted.
It was designed by the Tories and Labour to benefit Labour and the Tories.
UKIP got 5 million votes, the Scottish National Party got 1.5 million.
You can guess which one has 0-1 seat and which one has over 50.
Its not unfair. Its one system that allows people in a specific region to choose their own representatives, rather than allocating seats to the largest parties based on a national list determined by party bosses. First past the post is much fairer than national list type of elections.
Maybe it’sso because they are one issue socialists.