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page 1Single-winner electoral systems
two-round system
voting system used to elect a single winner where a second round of voting is used if no candidate wins an absolute majority in the first round
first-past-the-post voting
electoral system in which voters indicate the candidate of their choice, and the candidate who receives the most votes wins
instant-runoff voting
voting method for single-seat elections, where voters rank the candidates in order of preference; ballots are initially counted for each voter’s top choice, losers are eliminated one-by-one, with losers' ballots redistributed till 1 candidate remains
approval voting
single-winner electoral system
Schulze method
election procedure used to determine a single winner
The Borda method
Each candidate votes for the candidates and then the scores are calculated, each candidate's score is the same as the scores of other candidates below him, the last one gets 0 points, the next one gets 1 point, and so on until the win.
Condorcet method
pairwise-comparison electoral system
range voting
voting method where voters give each candidate a numeric score
exhaustive ballot
majoritarian voting method
ranked pairs
electoral system
Bucklin voting
class of electoral systems
Coombs' method
Single-winner ranked voting rule
contingent vote
ranked-choice electoral system
STAR voting
electoral system