Plurality voting: Difference between revisions

'''Plurality voting''' refers to [[electoral system]]s in which a candidate in an [[electoral district]] who polls more than any other (that is, receives a [[plurality (voting)|plurality]]) is elected. Used for elections of [[representative body|representative bodies]], it competes with the [[proportional representation]]{{sfn | Mudambi | Navarra | Nicosia | 1996 | p=341}} (where the composition of the body reflects the percentage of the votes received across all districts). In systems based on [[single-member district]]s, the plurality system elects just one member per district and is then frequently called a "[[first-past-the-post]]" (FPTP), sometimes "single-member [district] 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>. 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]].