-seats awarded on the basis of the amount of votes won -representatives elected in large multimember constituencies -vote for as many or few as they want, preferencial (1,2,3)
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Regional List
used for EU parl elections, voters cannot choose between MEPs of the same party, single vote, seats allocated in ratio of amount of votes won by each party in each region.
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Alternative Vote
single member constitutencies / winning candidate has to achieve an overall majority of votes (50%) preferencial (1,2,3) after each round the bottom is eliminated and 2nd places counted
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Supplementary Vote
electorate has to put 1st and 2nd choices down, if there is no clear winner the candidate with most 1st and 2nd wins
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First Past The Post
One vote each -one MP represents constituency -candidate with most votes wins, all other votes wasted
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Addititional Members System
mixed electoral system -electors cast 2 votes, one for favoured candidate and one for favoured party
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Card 2
Front
used for EU parl elections, voters cannot choose between MEPs of the same party, single vote, seats allocated in ratio of amount of votes won by each party in each region.
Back
Regional List
Card 3
Front
single member constitutencies / winning candidate has to achieve an overall majority of votes (50%) preferencial (1,2,3) after each round the bottom is eliminated and 2nd places counted
Back
Card 4
Front
electorate has to put 1st and 2nd choices down, if there is no clear winner the candidate with most 1st and 2nd wins
Back
Card 5
Front
One vote each -one MP represents constituency -candidate with most votes wins, all other votes wasted
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