Major Premise: If a Country Employs Proportional Representation Electoral Rules

Multiple Choice

Major premise: If a country employs proportional representation electoral rules, it will have many parties.
Minor premise: The country does not employ proportional representation electoral rules.
Conclusion: Therefore, the country does not have many parties.
What form (what type of categorical syllogism) does this argument take?

A) affirming the antecedent
B) denying the antecedent
C) affirming the consequent
D) denying the consequent