Different types of electoral system
- Created by: rosiekennedy
- Created on: 04-12-18 11:54
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- Different types of electoral systems
- Plurality
- Refers to the result of an election where the winner only has to obtain more votes than any of their opponents
- Doesn't mean the winner has an absolute majority
- Proportional systems
- Competing parties are awarded seats in the legislature in proportion to the votes cast for them
- A directly proportional system would award 40% of seats to a party that won 40% of the popular vote
- Majority systems
- Elect a single candidate
- Designed to ensure the winner can claim support of an overall majority of voters
- Hybrid systems
- Mixture of two systems
- Plurality
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