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Electoral System - Coggle Diagram
Electoral System
single transferable vote
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droop quota is established which represents the minimum amount of votes nessecary in order to elect a candidate
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advantages
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maximises voter choice- they can choose within members of the same party or members of different parties
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Additional member system
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Used by Italy, Germany, Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly, London Assembly.
Vote 1: For the Constituency MP, elected by simple plurality (FPTP);
Vote 2: For a national "Top Up" MP - voters may be allowed to select individuals on the party lists ("Open List system") or have to vote for a party, which in turn determines which MP's get in ("Closed List system").
Hybrid system, combining simple plurality and proportional representation.
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A party that does well in the constituency election will do less well in the regional list elections.
The d'Hont formula is used to ensure that the number of seats for parties in the Scottish Parliament i roughly proportional to the number of votes that they won.
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Advantages
Favours small, but not very small parties
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The two-round system also 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 candidate. It generally ensures a majoritarian result, not a simple plurality result like First past the post.
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If no-one gets over 50% of the vote first time round, a second election takes place between the top two candidates