Sentence:  At the central level the scrutin uninominal voting system was selected over some form of the <WSD>scrutin</WSD> de liste system , even though the latter had been recommended by Duverger and favored by all political parties . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  based on the principle of proportional representation; voters choose between party lists, the number elected from each list being determined by the percentage cast for each list out of the total vote