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71 relations: Anglo-Indian, Apportionment (politics), At-large, Belgium, Biproportional apportionment, Bosniaks, Cantonal Council of Zürich, Caseworker (social work), Census, Client politics, Communal constituencies, Croats, Dáil Éireann, Droop quota, Election, Elections in Singapore, Electoral district, Electoral system, First-past-the-post voting, Franking, Functional constituency (Hong Kong), Group Representation Constituency, Hindi, House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hung parliament, India, Indirect election, Israel, Kyiv Post, Landslide victory, Legislature, Lists of electoral districts by nation, Local government in the Republic of Ireland, Lok Sabha, Marginal seat, Māori electorates, Minority group, Multi-party system, Netherlands, New Hampshire House of Representatives, Parliament of India, Politics of Israel, Politics of Italy, Politics of the Netherlands, Population, Pork barrel, Proportional representation, Redistricting, Republic of Ireland, ..., Reserved political positions in India, Residency (domicile), Riding (country subdivision), Safe seat, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Serbs, Single transferable vote, Single-member district, Suffrage, Ukraine, Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2012, United States, United States Census, United States Congress, United States House of Representatives, Universal suffrage, University constituency, Unreformed House of Commons, Verkhovna Rada, Ward (electoral subdivision), Wasted vote. Expand index (21 more) »
Anglo-Indian
The term Anglo-Indians can refer to at least two groups of people: those with mixed Indian and British ancestry, and people of British descent born or living in the Indian subcontinent.
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Apportionment (politics)
Apportionment is the process by which seats in a legislative body are distributed among administrative divisions entitled to representation.
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At-large
At-large is a designation for members of a governing body who are elected or appointed to represent the whole membership of the body (for example, a city, state or province, nation, club or association), rather than a subset of that membership.
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Belgium
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Western Europe bordered by France, the Netherlands, Germany and Luxembourg.
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Biproportional apportionment
Biproportional apportionment is a method to allocate seats into a party-list proportional representation respecting two characteristics.
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Bosniaks
The Bosniaks (Bošnjaci,; singular masculine: Bošnjak, feminine: Bošnjakinja) are a South Slavic nation and ethnic group inhabiting mainly the area of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Cantonal Council of Zürich
The Cantonal Council of Zürich (Züricher Kantonsrat) is the legislature of the canton of Zürich, in Switzerland.
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Caseworker (social work)
In social work, a caseworker is a type of social worker who is employed by a government agency, non-profit organization, or another group to take on the cases of individuals and provide them with advocacy, information or other services.
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Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population.
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Client politics
Client politics is the type of politics when an organized minority or interest group benefits at the expense of the public.
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Communal constituencies
Communal constituencies were the most durable feature of the Fijian electoral system.
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Croats
Croats (Hrvati) or Croatians are a nation and South Slavic ethnic group native to Croatia.
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Dáil Éireann
Dáil Éireann (lit. Assembly of Ireland) is the lower house, and principal chamber, of the Oireachtas (Irish legislature), which also includes the President of Ireland and Seanad Éireann (the upper house).
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Droop quota
The Droop quota is the quota most commonly used in elections held under the single transferable vote (STV) system.
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Election
An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office.
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Elections in Singapore
There are currently two types of elections in Singapore: parliamentary and presidential elections.
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Electoral district
An electoral district, (election) precinct, election district, or legislative district, called a voting district by the US Census (also known as a constituency, riding, ward, division, electoral area, or electorate) is a territorial subdivision for electing members to a legislative body.
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Electoral system
An electoral system is a set of rules that determines how elections and referendums are conducted and how their results are determined.
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First-past-the-post voting
A first-past-the-post (FPTP) voting method is one in which voters indicate on a ballot the candidate of their choice, and the candidate who receives the most votes wins.
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Franking
Franking refers to any devices, markings, or combinations thereof ("franks") applied to mails of any class which qualifies them to be postally serviced.
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Functional constituency (Hong Kong)
In the political systems of Hong Kong, a functional constituency is a professional or special interest group involved in the electoral process.
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Group Representation Constituency
A Group Representation Constituency (GRC) is a type of electoral division or constituency in Singapore in which teams of candidates, instead of individual candidates, compete to be elected into Parliament as the Members of Parliament (MPs) for the constituency.
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Hindi
Hindi (Devanagari: हिन्दी, IAST: Hindī), or Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: मानक हिन्दी, IAST: Mānak Hindī) is a standardised and Sanskritised register of the Hindustani language.
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House of Commons of the United Kingdom
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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House of Peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The House of Peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Dom naroda Bosne i Hercegovine/Дом народа Босне и Херцеговине) is one of the two chambers of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the other chamber being the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Hung parliament
A hung parliament is a term used in legislatures under the Westminster system to describe a situation in which no particular political party or pre-existing coalition (also known as an alliance or bloc) has an absolute majority of legislators (commonly known as members or seats) in a parliament or other legislature.
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India
India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.
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Indirect election
An indirect election is an election in which voters do not choose between candidates for an office, but elect people who then choose.
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Israel
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Middle East, on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea.
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Kyiv Post
The Kyiv Post is Ukraine's oldest English language newspaper.
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Landslide victory
A landslide victory is an electoral victory in a political system, when one candidate or party receives an overwhelming supermajority of the votes or seats in the elected body, thus utterly eliminating the opponents.
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Legislature
A legislature is a deliberative assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city.
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Lists of electoral districts by nation
Electoral districts go by different names depending on the country and the office being elected.
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Local government in the Republic of Ireland
In Ireland, local government functions are mostly exercised by thirty-one local authorities, termed County, City, or City and County Councils.
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Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha.
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Marginal seat
A marginal seat or swing seat is a constituency held with a small majority in a legislative election, generally one conducted under a single-winner voting system.
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Māori electorates
In New Zealand politics, Māori electorates, colloquially known as the Māori seats, are a special category of electorate that gives reserved positions to representatives of Māori in the New Zealand Parliament.
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Minority group
A minority group refers to a category of people differentiated from the social majority, those who hold on to major positions of social power in a society.
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Multi-party system
A multi-party system is a system in which multiple political parties across the political spectrum run for national election, and all have the capacity to gain control of government offices, separately or in coalition.
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Netherlands
The Netherlands (Nederland), often referred to as Holland, is a country located mostly in Western Europe with a population of seventeen million.
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New Hampshire House of Representatives
The New Hampshire House of Representatives is the lower house in the New Hampshire General Court, the bicameral legislature of the state of New Hampshire.
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Parliament of India
The Parliament of India is the supreme legislative body of the Republic of India.
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Politics of Israel
Politics in Israel is dominated by Zionist parties.
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Politics of Italy
The politics of Italy are conducted through a parliamentary republic with a multi-party system.
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Politics of the Netherlands
The politics of the Netherlands take place within the framework of a parliamentary representative democracy, a constitutional monarchy and a decentralised unitary state.
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Population
In biology, a population is all the organisms of the same group or species, which live in a particular geographical area, and have the capability of interbreeding.
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Pork barrel
Pork barrel is a metaphor for the appropriation of government spending for localized projects secured solely or primarily to bring money to a representative's district.
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Proportional representation
Proportional representation (PR) characterizes electoral systems by which divisions into an electorate are reflected proportionately into the elected body.
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Redistricting
Redistricting is the process of drawing electoral district boundaries in the United States.
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Republic of Ireland
Ireland (Éire), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), is a sovereign state in north-western Europe occupying 26 of 32 counties of the island of Ireland.
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Reserved political positions in India
In India, a certain number of political positions and university posts are held for specific groups of the population, including Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes, Anglo-Indians and Women.
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Residency (domicile)
Residency is the act of establishing or maintaining a residence in a given place.
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Riding (country subdivision)
A riding is an administrative jurisdiction or electoral district, particularly in several current or former Commonwealth countries.
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Safe seat
A safe seat is an electoral district (constituency) in a legislative body (e.g. Congress, Parliament, City Council) which is regarded as fully secure, for either a certain political party, or the incumbent representative personally or a combination of both.
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Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
The Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) are officially designated groups of historically disadvantaged people in India.
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Serbs
The Serbs (Срби / Srbi) are a South Slavic ethnic group that formed in the Balkans.
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Single transferable vote
The single transferable vote (STV) is a voting system designed to achieve proportional representation through ranked voting in multi-seat organizations or constituencies (voting districts).
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Single-member district
A single-member district or single-member constituency is an electoral district that returns one officeholder to a body with multiple members such as a legislature.
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Suffrage
Suffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise is the right to vote in public, political elections (although the term is sometimes used for any right to vote).
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Ukraine
Ukraine (Ukrayina), sometimes called the Ukraine, is a sovereign state in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the east and northeast; Belarus to the northwest; Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south and southeast, respectively.
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Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2012
The Ukrainian parliamentary election of 2012 took place on 28 October 2012.
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United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
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United States Census
The United States Census is a decennial census mandated by Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution, which states: "Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States...
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United States Congress
The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the Federal government of the United States.
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United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, the Senate being the upper chamber.
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Universal suffrage
The concept of universal suffrage, also known as general suffrage or common suffrage, consists of the right to vote of all adult citizens, regardless of property ownership, income, race, or ethnicity, subject only to minor exceptions.
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University constituency
A university constituency is a constituency, used in elections to a legislature, that represents the members of one or more universities rather than residents of a geographical area.
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Unreformed House of Commons
The unreformed House of Commons is a name given to the House of Commons of Great Britain and (after 1800) the House of Commons of the United Kingdom before it was reformed by the Reform Act 1832.
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Verkhovna Rada
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, Ukrainian abbreviation ВРУ; literally Supreme Council of Ukraine), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the unicameral parliament of Ukraine.
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Ward (electoral subdivision)
A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes.
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Wasted vote
In electoral systems, a wasted vote is any vote which is not for an elected candidate or, more broadly, a vote that does not help to elect a candidate.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_district
