List of electoral systems by country
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This is a list of electoral systems by country in alphabetical order. An electoral system is used to elect national legislatures and heads of state.
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[edit]Head of state
Lower (or unicameral) house
Upper house
Single-winner system / single-member constituencies (non-proportional) First past the post/single member plurality (FPTP/SMP)
Two-round system (TRS)
Instant-runoff voting (IRV)
Multi-member constituencies, majoritarian (non-proportional) Block voting (BV) or mixed FPTP and BV
Party block voting (PBV) or mixed FPTP and PBV
Multi-member constituencies, semi-proportional Single non-transferable vote (SNTV) or mixed FPTP and SNTV
Modified Borda count
Multi-member constituencies, proportional Party-list proportional representation (closed list PR)
Party-list proportional representation (open list PR)
Single transferable vote (STV)
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Mixed non-compensatory (semi-proportional) Mixed-member majoritarian (MMM): parallel voting (FPTP and list PR)
Mixed-member majoritarian (MMM): parallel voting (TRS and list PR)
Mixed-member majoritarian (MMM): parallel voting (BV/PBV and list PR)
List PR with plurality bonus (MBS)
Parallel voting (SNTV and list PR)
Mixed compensatory (proportional or semi-proportional) Mixed-member majoritarian (MMM) with compensation / scorporo
Additional member system / semi-proportional MMP
Majority jackpot (majority of seats reserved for largest party/coalition)
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Indirect election Election by legislature
Election by electoral college or local legislatures
Partly elected by electoral college or local legislatures, partly appointed by head of state
Other No election (e.g. Monarchy)
Appointed by head of state
Varies by federal states or constituencies
No information/Unicameral legislature
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Electoral systems by country
[edit]Countries
[edit]Countries with limited recognition
[edit]Colonies and dependencies
[edit]External links
[edit]- ACE Electoral Knowledge Network Expert site providing encyclopedia on Electoral Systems and Management, country by country data, a library of electoral materials, latest election news, the opportunity to submit questions to a network of electoral experts, and a forum to discuss all of the above.
- A Handbook of Electoral System Design from International IDEA
- Electoral Design Reference Materials from the ACE Project
- PARLINE database from the Inter-Parliamentary Union
- Political Database of the Americas - Georgetown University
- Project for Global Democracy and Human Rights This page links to a table and a world map that is color-coded by the primary electoral system used by each country.