Having multiple seats in one district would allow those seats to be allocated in a way that reflects the distribution of votes among the electorate candidates in a roughly proportional way. Political parties may nominate as many candidates in an electoral district as there are available seats, or might prefer to concentrate their efforts on a smaller number of candidates. Major parties will typically nominate more candidates than minor parties, as they will be hopeful of electing a larger number of MLAs. Candidates would be grouped by political party in separate columns on the ballot paper.