Electoral system: Difference between revisions

*[[First-past-the-post election system|First-past-the-post]] (also called Plurality or Relative Majority or Winner-Take-All) - vote for at most one candidate. Most votes wins, even if this is less than a majority.

*Runoff systems

**Elimination runoff - if no majority, hold a new election with the weakest candidate eliminated. Repeat until there is a majoirty.

**Exhaustive runoff - no eliminations, repeat balloting until there is a majority. Common in committees.