Electoral System
Electoral System in Constitutional Law
From the Comparative Constitutions Project: The structures and processes necessary to hold an election including the electoral laws, system of appointment, redistribution and voting.
Electoral System in Election Law
The part of the electoral regulations which determine how parties and candidates are elected to a body as representatives. Simply put, electoral systems are the way votes are translated to seats in an elected body.
First-past-the-post System in Election Law
Single-round, plurality system in which candidates run for a single seat per constituency. The candidate who obtains the most votes compared with his or her rivals (simple or relative majority) is declared the winner, even if the difference in the number of votes is insignificant.
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- Election Law
- Electoral Laws
- Electoral Legislation
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- Election Law
- Electoral Laws
- Electoral Legislation
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Translation of Electoral system
- Spanish: Sistema electoral
- French: Système électoral
- German: Wahlsystem
- Italian: Sistema elettorale
- Portuguese: Sistema eleitoral
- Polish: System wyborczy
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