Plurality

Plurality in Constitutional Law

From the Comparative Constitutions Project: A term related to the “first past the post” system of voting. The candidate who attains the highest number of votes in an election or ballot attains a plurality or “simple majority” of votes and is elected.

Plurality (relative Majority) System in Election Law

Voting system in which the seat(s) within a constituency (depending on whether one or several candidates are elected) are allocated to the candidate(s) or list(s) which obtain(s) the highest number of votes, but not necessarly the absolute majority (more than 50% of the votes).

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• Election Law
• Electoral Laws
• Electoral Legislation