casts just one vote in a multi-seat district is known as single non-transferable voting. Plurality voting is distinguished from majority voting, in which a...

A plurality vote (in North American English) or relative majority (in British English) describes the circumstance when a party, candidate, or proposition...

as plurality block voting or "block voting" systems; both FPTP and block voting are "plurality" systems in that the winner needs only a plurality of the...

Plurality block voting, also known as plurality-at-large voting, bloc vote or block voting (BV) is a non-proportional voting system for electing representatives...

candidate with the fewest votes against wins. Anti-plurality voting is an example of a positional voting method. v t e Suppose that Tennessee is holding...

Instant-runoff voting (IRV), also known as plurality with elimination or plurality loser, is a ranked-choice voting system that modifies plurality by repeatedly...

Plurality voting, system in which each voter votes for one candidate and the candidate with a plurality is elected Plurality-at-large voting or block voting, system...

method. Block voting encompasses two primary types: plurality block voting and majority block voting. The former only requires a plurality to elect candidates...

The term ranked voting, also known as preferential voting or ranked-choice voting, pertains to any voting system where voters indicate a rank to order...

a result, C is chosen as the winner by highest medians. Plurality voting is a ranked voting system where voters rank candidates from first to last, and...

called limited voting, functions similarly to plurality-at-large voting, however in partial block voting each voter receives fewer votes than the number...

single-round plurality voting, but spoiled elections remain common, moreso than in other systems. Modern tournament voting eliminates vote splitting effects...

first-past-the-post voting, plurality block voting, the two-round (runoff) system and ranked voting (STV or Instant-runoff voting). Mixed systems and...

plurality voting state that their system is simpler than any other and more easily understood. All three systems are susceptible to tactical voting,...

multiple preferences (any system other than plurality or anti-plurality) Optional preferential voting Ranked voting methods, all election methods that involve...

districts, including plurality voting (first-past-the-post), two-round systems, instant-runoff voting (IRV), approval voting, range voting, Borda count, and...

Comparing range voting, Borda count, plurality voting, approval voting with two different absolute approval thresholds, Condorcet voting, and majority judgment...

voting systems require different levels of support to be elected. Plurality voting (First-past-the-post voting) elects the candidate with more votes than...

Runoff voting can refer to: Sequential-loser methods based on plurality voting: Two-round system, a voting system where only the top two candidates from...

plurality systems – such as first-past-the-post (FPTP), instant-runoff voting (IRV), block voting, and ranked-vote block voting – one party or voting...

one vote for one candidate in a multi-candidate race for multiple offices. Posts are filled by the candidates with the most votes (plurality voting). Thus...

Plural voting is the practice whereby one person might be able to vote multiple times in an election. It is not to be confused with a plurality voting system...

wasted vote. A Gallagher index above 5 (%) is seen by many experts as violating the One man, one vote principle. In case of plurality voting, the wasted...

groups replaced STV with plurality-at-large voting in 1957. From 1870 to 1980, Illinois used a semi-proportional cumulative voting system to elect its House...

refer to: Majority, a voting requirement of more than half of all votes cast Plurality (voting), a voting requirement of more votes cast for a proposition...

known as runoff voting, second ballot, or ballotage, is a voting method used to elect a single candidate, where voters cast a single vote for their preferred...

often happens that no candidate takes a majority of the votes (see Plurality (voting)). Majoritarian representation is applied here to mean district contests...

include any Condorcet method, instant-runoff voting, Bucklin voting, plurality voting, and approval voting. The criterion was originally defined in relation...

positional voting system, that is, all preferences are counted but at different values; the other commonly-used positional system is plurality voting (which...

bury strongest rivals at the lowest rankings. Plurality-at-large voting (Bloc-voting) allows up to N votes for elections with N winner elections. In this...