In response to Stockholm's last post. I never realized that they sometimes groups seats into regions. Now that gets complicated.

All I'm getting over all, is that except for the list system, you can generally vote for a candidate. Anyway, I'll think more about this.

All I know is that I'm in somewhat of a minority in that I tend very much to vote for the candidate as opposed to the party, probably because no party actually reflects my views and when I look at their platforms, I tend to see my views scattered across all the parties, from the far left to the far right and everything in between. As a result, I've tended to lean more in favour of independent candidates who might be less ideological and more open to borrowing ideas from across the sepctrum in a more eclectic fashion rather than just towing an ideological line.