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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. This voting method is also used in multi-member constituencies in what is referred to as an exhaustive counting system where one member is elected at a time and the process repeated until the number of vacancies is filled. The most common system, used in Canada, India, the United Kingdom, and some United States elections, is simple plurality, first-past-the-post or winner-takes-all. In this voting system the single winner is the person with the most votes; there is no requirement that the winner gain an absolute majority of votes. In some countries such as France (as well as in some jurisdictions of the United States, such as Louisiana and Georgia) a similar system is used, but there are two rounds: the "two-ballot" or "runoff election" plurality system. If any candidate in the first round gains a majority of votes, then there is no second round; otherwise, the two highest-voted candidates of the first round compete in a two-candidate second round or all candidates above a certain threshold in the first round compete in a two-, three- or four-candidate second round. In political science, the use of the plurality voting system alongside multiple, single-winner constituencies to elect a multi-member body is often referred to as single-member district plurality or SMDP. Plurality voting is also variously referred to as winner-takes-all or relative/simple majority voting; however, these terms can also refer to elections for multiple winners in a particular constituency using bloc voting. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License What electoral system do you feel is the best? Q. Out of STV, first-past-the-post, cumulative, and approval electoral systems, what do you think is the best overall? Asked by Fail? - Wed Jan 6 21:03:31 2010 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments A. There are good arguments for STV, first-past-the-post, and cumulative. If I understand what you mean by approval, the arguments are less strong. First-past-the-post/singl e member districts/plurality voting's strong suit is that it is most likely to create a governing majority, all other things being equal. It does force voters to abandon smaller parties and support the larger parties to avoid wasting a vote, but by reducing the number of viable parties, it is likely that one of the parties will win a majority of the seats. STV/Proportional multi-member district on the other hand allows voters to vote for their first choice and possibly get that party elected even if they are a minority in the district. You get a similar result with… [cont.] Answered by Tmess2 - Wed Jan 6 21:53:26 2010 Should we have a Proportional Representation system of voting in the UK? Q. Look at this animation explaining how the electoral system works in Ireland (taking the example of the Dublin seat where Joe Higgins was elected MEP for the Socialist Party). Do you think a similar electoral system would be better in the UK, rather than the first past the post system? Wouldn't this help break the shackles of so-called two-party democracy and truly reflect people's opinions in Parliament? What do you think? New Labour Voter - I don't remember New Labour ever promising a referendum - I thought that was the Lib Dems. However, they seem to have shut up about PR now. I think a referendum is very unlikely - it would be turkeys voting for Christmas for a ruling party to abandon 1st past the post. Asked by Andrew W - Tue Sep 29 13:32:52 2009 - - 6 Answers - 0 Comments A. Yes, it would be more democratic. Labour would have many less MPs and smaller parties like BNP, UKIP, greens, and Monster Raving Loony would all have more. Mind you, unless we get out of the EU it doent matter anyway because Brussels will tell us what to do, whoever we vote for. Answered by Mark B - Tue Sep 29 13:42:14 2009 The electoral systems. PLEASE HELP!?
Q. I have got some homework and I can't find the answer I need online, please help. I need an explanation of the two electoral systems in the UK: First past the post and proportional representation. Help please, thank you :) Asked by Charlotte =] - Mon Nov 23 07:46:32 2009 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. First past the post is fairly simple - We are represented in the House of Parliament by MPs, who sit in the House of Commons. These are elected a minimum of once every five years (the sitting government gets to choose when). Each MP represents a constituency, the area which they represent. Constituencies are the UK divided up into areas of approximately equal population. You can stand for Parliament as a member of a political party or as an Independent (non-affiliated). The various candidates then campaign for votes from the public and have a manifesto - their promises of what they will do if elected. Under the rules for the House of Commons, they are elected on a first past the post basis, i.e. whoever gets most votes in their… [cont.] Answered by Andrew W - Mon Nov 23 09:17:18 2009 From Yahoo Answer Search: "First Past the Post electoral system"  thestandard.co.zw Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:23:34 GMT+00:00 The Zimbabwe Standard If the masses are to go for a devolved system and advocate for a first past the post electoral system they could be getting decentralisation as a final ...  in.reuters.com Mon, 05 Jul 2010 20:45:20 GMT+00:00 Reuters India ... that would offer voters a chance to change the electoral system . Under the current " first - past-the-post " system, which favours the major Conservative ...  periscopepost.com Tue, 06 Jul 2010 11:59:36 GMT+00:00 The Periscope Post ... though sharing a coalition, will no doubt be pulling against one another in an effort to scrap or keep the first - past-the-post electoral system . ... From Google News Search: "First Past the Post electoral system"  asbk.de 1039px x 586px | 36.30kB [source page] Links zum Thema rechte Maustaste Ziel speichern  politics.co.uk 298px x 300px | 48.80kB [source page] Electoral reform cut from Queen s Speech UK voters use first past the post system  ozpolitic.com 137px x 300px | 8.70kB [source page] Next Up Home The American electoral system is flawed because of the vote counting system used Under the current first past the post vote counting system From Yahoo Image Search: "First Past the Post electoral system"  opinion.independentminds.livejournal.com The Independent Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:44:17 GM Almost certainly Blair would have introduced . electoral. reform if he had not won a landslide, a move that might have brought together the progressive forces in British politics in a more coherent and sustainable way than under the auspices of ... was scuppered by his refusal to offer a change in the voting . system. . Now Gordon Brown is committed to a position in which he must state repeatedly that he wants this to be the last election to be fought under . first past the post. . ...  rapidrevision.co.uk Matt Walker Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:38:21 GM First. -. past-the-post. (FPTP) is the . electoral system. used for UK parliamentary elections. An . electoral system. is the method of counting up the votes cast in an.  labourlist.org unknown Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:21:41 GM A referendum on polling day on a . system. that delivers real voter choice would see hundreds of Liberal Democrats switching to Labour, hundreds more stay-at-home Labour supporters coming out to vote for the government and every Tory ... As for PR, getting elected by . first past the post. must give you a special feeling even if they weren't really voting for you as such, but for your party. Moreover a lot of MP's are in seats where it's easier for them to be elected by fptp ... From Google Blog Search: "First Past the Post electoral system" |
