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The '''Condorcet candidate''', '''Pairwise Champion''' (PC), '''beats-all winner''', or '''Condorcet winner''' (CW) of an [[election]] is the candidate who is preferred by more voters than any other candidate in [[Pairwise counting|pairwise matchups]]. This is determined by observing whether more voters rank or score the Condorcet winner higher than each of the other candidates than the other way around.
 
The '''Condorcet criterion''' for a [[voting system]] is that it chooses the beats-all winner when one exists. Any method conforming to the Condorcet criterion is known as a [[Condorcet method]].