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Types of electoral systemsPlurality systems.Majoritarian systems.Proportional systems.Mixed systems.Additional features.Primary elections.Indirect elections.Systems used outside politics.
Plurality voting is used for local and/or national elections in 43 of the 193 countries that are members of the United Nations. It is particularly prevalent in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and India.
Voting methods The most common method used in U.S. elections is the first-past-the-post system, where the highest-polling candidate wins the election. Under this system, a candidate only requires a plurality of votes to win, rather than an outright majority.
It is currently used to elect two ethnic minority members of the National Assembly of Slovenia, in modified forms to determine which candidates are elected to the party list seats in Icelandic parliamentary elections, and for selecting presidential election candidates in Kiribati.
Single transferable vote (STV) is a type of multi-winner ranked-choice voting method; an electoral system in which voter may rank the candidates according to their preferences, so their single vote can be transferred to other candidates (if needed) based on these rankings to avoid votes being wasted.
Like all ranked ballot voting systems, instead of indicating support for only one candidate, voters in IRV elections can rank the candidates in order of preference. Ballots are initially counted for each voter's top choice. If a candidate has more than half of the vote based on first-choices, that candidate wins.
Proportional representation (PR) characterizes electoral systems in which divisions in an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to geographical and political divisions of the electorate.
Alternative Vote is known as a preferential voting system. After marking. their first preference, voters may then choose to express further preferences for as many, or as few, candidates as they wish. The count begins by allocating votes in line with first preferences.
The alternative vote plus (AV+), or alternative vote top-up, is a semi-proportional voting system.
In both rounds of an election conducted using runoff voting, the voter simply marks their preferred candidate. If no candidate has an absolute majority of votes (i.e. more than half) in the first round, then the two candidates with the most votes proceed to a second round, from which all others are excluded.