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27 relations: Abstention, Alberta, Approval voting, Australia, Borda count, Condorcet method, Cube rule, Don Getty, Duverger's law, Electoral district, Electoral system, First-past-the-post voting, Group Representation Constituency, Hung parliament, India, Instant-runoff voting, Legislature, Minimax Condorcet method, Plurality voting, Range voting, Ranked pairs, Safe seat, Schulze method, Singapore, Title 2 of the United States Code, Two-party system, Two-round system.
Abstention
Abstention is a term in election procedure for when a participant in a vote either does not go to vote (on election day) or, in parliamentary procedure, is present during the vote, but does not cast a ballot.
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Alberta
Alberta is a western province of Canada.
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Approval voting
Approval voting is a single-winner electoral system where each voter may select ("approve") any number of candidates.
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.
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Borda count
The Borda count is a family of single-winner election methods in which voters rank options or candidates in order of preference.
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Condorcet method
A Condorcet method is an election method that elects the candidate that would win a majority of the vote in all of the head-to-head elections against each of the other candidates, whenever there is such a candidate.
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Cube rule
The cube rule or cube law is an empirical observation regarding democratic elections under the first-past-the-post system.
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Don Getty
Donald Ross "Don" Getty, (August 30, 1933 – February 26, 2016) was a Canadian politician who served as the 11th Premier of Alberta between 1985 and 1992.
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Duverger's law
In political science, Duverger's law holds that plurality-rule elections (such as first past the post) structured within single-member districts tend to favor a two-party system, whereas "the double ballot majority system and proportional representation tend to favor multipartism".
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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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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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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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Instant-runoff voting
Instant-runoff voting (IRV) is a voting method used in single-seat elections with more than two candidates.
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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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Minimax Condorcet method
In voting systems, the minimax method is one of several Condorcet methods used for tabulating votes and determining a winner when using ranked voting in a single-winner election.
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Plurality voting
Plurality voting is an electoral system in which each voter is allowed to vote for only one candidate, and the candidate who polls the most among their counterparts (a plurality) is elected.
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Range voting
Range voting or score voting is an electoral system for single-seat elections, in which voters give each candidate a score, the scores are added (or, equivalently, averaged), and the candidate with the highest total is elected.
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Ranked pairs
Ranked pairs (RP) or the Tideman method is an electoral system developed in 1987 by Nicolaus Tideman that selects a single winner using votes that express preferences.
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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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Schulze method
The Schulze method is an electoral system developed in 1997 by Markus Schulze that selects a single winner using votes that express preferences.
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Singapore
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign city-state and island country in Southeast Asia.
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Title 2 of the United States Code
Title 2 of the United States Code outlines the role of Congress in the United States Code.
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Two-party system
A two-party system is a party system where two major political parties dominate the government.
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Two-round system
The two-round system (also known as the second ballot, runoff voting or ballotage) is a voting method used to elect a single winner, where the voter casts a single vote for their chosen candidate.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-member_district
