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The SDP-Liberal Alliance polled only a
few hundred thousand votes behind the
Labour Party but received considerably
fewer seats.
The Alliance gained over 25% of the
popular vote, the largest such
percentage for any third party since
the 1923 general election.
The Liberals argued that a
proportional electoral system would
have given them a more representative
number of MPs.
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