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How can this possibly be viewed as democratic? The party with the least votes have the largest number of seats. It's madness. And we're having discussions on here of the importance of casting your vote. Absolutely bonkers.A new YouGov poll for The Sun has put Labour in third place - behind the Liberal Democrats - for the first time in the General Election campaign.
It comes on the heels of Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg's winning performance in the first televised leaders' debate.
The poll puts the Conservatives in the lead on 33% (down four), the Liberal Democrats on 30% (up eight) and Labour on 28 (down three).
Professor Michael Thrasher has translated the figures into what the House of Commons may look like based on this poll.
The Conservatives would have 244 seats (up 34), Lib Dems would have 103 (up 41), Labour would have 271 (down 78) and the remaining 32 seats would be taken by other parties.
Labour would still be the largest party with 271 seats despite being third in the popular vote, because of the distribution of votes in 2005 and the application of uniform swing, he told Sky News.