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is a set of laws that regulate electoral competition between candidates or parties or both.
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electoral system
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determines how votes are translated into seats.
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electoral formula
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is one in which the candidates or parties that receive the most votes win.
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majoritarian electoral system
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individuals cast a single vote for a candidate in a single-member district. The candidate with the most votes wins.
Examples: United Kingdom, India, Canada, Nigeria, Zambia |
single-member district plurality (SMDP) system
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involves voters ranking one or more candidates or parties in order of preference on the ballots.
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Preferential voting
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used in single-member districts, is an electoral system in which voters mark their preferences by rank ordering the candidates.
A candidate who receives an absolute majority is elected. If no candidate wins an absolute majority, then the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated and her votes are reallocated until one candidate has an absolute majroity of the valid votes remaining. |
alternative vote
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has the potential for two rounds of elections.
Candidates or parties are automatically elected in the first round if they obtain a specified level of votes, typically an absolute majority. If no candidate or party wins this level of votes, then a second round of elections takes place. Those candidates or parties that win the most votes in the second round are elected. |
two-round system
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is a system in which voters cast a single candidate-centered vote in a multi-member district.
The candidates with the highest number of votes are elected. Examples: Japan until 1996. |
single non transferrable vote
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is a candidate-centered system used in multimember districts in which voters have as many votes as there are candidates to be elected. The candidates with the most votes win.
Example: Kuwait, Lebanon, Syria. |
block vote
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