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Any election method conforming to the [[Condorcet criterion]] is known as a '''Condorcet method'''. The name comes from a deviser, the 18th century mathematician and philosopher [[Marquis de Condorcet]], although the method was previously devised by [[Ramon Llull]] in the 13th century.
Any election method conforming to the [[Condorcet criterion]] is known as a '''Condorcet method'''. The name comes from the 18th century mathematician and philosopher [[Marquis de Condorcet]], although the method was previously described by [[Ramon Llull]] in the 13th century.


'''Condorcet''' is sometimes used to indicate the family of Condorcet methods as a whole.
'''Condorcet''' is sometimes used to indicate the family of Condorcet methods as a whole.