Electoral System as the Institute of Management Party System
This article examines the various aspects of the interaction of the electoral and party system. The frag- mentation of the party system, the indicators of political forces representation in the legislative bodies, the level of party discipline or inter-party competition largely depend on the electoral system. Electoral norms also have a significant impact on the party building, the formation of inter-party coalitions, the conducting of the election campaigns and so on. The task of preventing small political parties from winning the seats in Parliament is solved by applying different scale of protective barrier during the elections. Besides the electoral system can contribute to the strengthening of the role of the ruling party as a conductor of some politicians into power.