plurality voting system

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• Plurality voting system — The plurality voting system is a single winner voting system often used to elect executive officers or to elect members of a legislative assembly which is based on single member constituencies.The most common system, used in Canada, India, the UK …   Wikipedia



• Voting system — For other uses, see Voting system (disambiguation). Part of the Politics series Electoral methods …   Wikipedia



• Plurality voting system — Im deutschen Sprachgebrauch wird der Begriff Mehrheitswahl in zweifachem Sinne verwendet. Er bezeichnet: ein Auswahlverfahren zur Auswahl einer bestimmten Alternative aus einer vorgegebenen Menge durch eine Gruppe von Wählern; ein Verfahren zur… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Plurality (voting) — In voting, a plurality vote is the largest number of votes to be received by any candidate or proposition when three or more choices are possible. With only 2 choices the winner would have the majority. The candidate or proposition receiving the… …   Wikipedia

• Single-winner voting system — A single winner voting system is a voting system in which a predetermined constituency elects a single person to some office; such systems contrast generally with proportional representation, in which constituencies are combined to elect several… …   Wikipedia

• Positional voting system — A positional voting system is a ranked voting method in which the options receive points based on their position on each ballot, and the option with the most points wins.Donald G. Saari has published various works that analyze positional voting… …   Wikipedia

• Anti-plurality voting — describes a voting method in which each voter votes against a single candidate, and the candidate with the fewest votes against wins. Anti plurality voting is an example of a positional voting method. An Example In this voting system, each voter… …   Wikipedia

• Voting bloc — A voting bloc is a group of voters that are so motivated by a specific concern or group of concerns that it helps determine how they vote in elections. The divisions between voting blocs are known as cleavage. A voting bloc can be longstanding… …   Wikipedia

• Voting methods (parliamentary) — Voting methods in parliamentary procedure are the methods used in a deliberative assembly to take a vote. Common Voting methodsViva voceA vote by voice is the regular method of voting on any motion that does not require more than a majority vote… …   Wikipedia

• Plurality criterion — is a voting system criterion devised by Douglas Woodall for ranked voting methods. It is stated as follows::If the number of ballots ranking A as the first preference is greater than the number of ballots on which another candidate B is given any …   Wikipedia