Plurality voting: Difference between revisions

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'''Plurality voting''' refers to [[electoral system]]s in which a candidate who polls more than any other (that is, receives a [[plurality (voting)|plurality]]) is elected. In systems based on [[single-member district]]s, it elects just one member per district and may also be referred to as [[first-past-the-post voting|first-past-the-post]] ('''FPTP'''), '''single-member plurality''' ('''SMP/SMDP'''),<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Plurality-Majority Systems |url=http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/polit/damy/BeginnningReading/plurality.htm |access-date=8 May 2010 |publisher=Mtholyoke.edu}}</ref> '''single-choice voting'''{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}} (an imprecise term as non-plurality voting systems may also use a single choice), '''simple plurality''' {{Citation needed|date=August 2022}} or '''relative majority''' (as opposed to an ''absolute majorit''y, where more than half of votes is needed, this is called ''majority voting''). A system that elects multiple winners elected at once with the plurality rule and where each voter casts multiple X votes in a multi-seat district is referred to as [[plurality block voting]]. A semi-proportional system that elects multiple winners elected at once with the plurality rule and where each voter casts just one vote in a multi-seat district is known as [[single non-transferable voting]].