This led to a quarter of valid votes being wasted, on average and led to the 20% of the seats never being allocated due to the 3-seat cap In 2007, the 2% threshold was altered to allow parties with less than 1% of first preferences to receive a seat each and the proportion of wasted votes reduced slightly to 21%, but it again increased to 29% in 2010 due to an increase in number of participating parties.
To je dovelo do gubitka četvrtine važećih glasova, što je dovelo do toga da 20% mandata koji nikada nisu dodijeljeni zbog ograničenja od tri sjedišta u {} , 2007 | 2007]], prag od 2% je promijenjen kako bi se strankama s manje od 1% prvih preferencija omogućilo da dobiju mjesto, a udio izgubljenih glasova neznatno se smanjio na 21%, ali ponovno se povećao na 29% u 2010 zbog povećanja broja sudionika.