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{{Wikipedia|First-past-the-post voting}}A '''first-past-the-post''' ('''FPTP'''; sometimes '''FPP''')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dia.govt.nz/diawebsite.nsf/wpg_URL/Resource-material-STV-Information-More-about-FPP?OpenDocument|title=More about FPP|author=The Department of Internal Affairs, Government of New Zealand|website=dia.govt.nz|language=en-NZ|access-date=2019-02-17}}</ref> [[electoral system]] is one in which voters indicate on a ballot the candidate of their choice, and the candidate who receives the most votes wins. This is sometimes described as ''winner takes all''. First-past-the-post voting is a [[plurality voting]] method. FPTP is a common, but not universal, feature of electoral systems with [[w:Single-member district|single-member electoral divisions]], and is practised in close to one third of countries. Notable examples include the [[w:United States]], the [[w:United Kingdom]], as well as some of the latter's former [[w:colony|colonies]] and [[w:protectorate]]s, such as [[w:Canada]] or [[w:India]]. |
{{Wikipedia|First-past-the-post voting}}A '''first-past-the-post''' ('''FPTP'''; sometimes '''FPP''')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dia.govt.nz/diawebsite.nsf/wpg_URL/Resource-material-STV-Information-More-about-FPP?OpenDocument|title=More about FPP|author=The Department of Internal Affairs, Government of New Zealand|website=dia.govt.nz|language=en-NZ|access-date=2019-02-17}}</ref> [[electoral system]] is one in which voters indicate on a ballot the candidate of their choice, and the candidate who receives the most votes wins. This is sometimes described as ''winner takes all''. First-past-the-post voting is a [[plurality voting]] method. FPTP is a common, but not universal, feature of electoral systems with [[w:Single-member district|single-member electoral divisions]], and is practised in close to one third of countries. Notable examples include the [[w:United States|United States]], the [[w:United Kingdom|United Kingdom]], as well as some of the latter's former [[w:colony|colonies]] and [[w:protectorate|protectorate]]s, such as [[w:Canada|Canada]] or [[w:India|India]]. |
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Fist-past-the-post is often referred to as '''winner-take-all''', '''[[plurality]] voting''', '''relative majority''', and '''choose-one voting'''. In political science, it is known as '''Single-Member Plurality''' or '''SMP'''. |
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Wales, Scotland, both North and South Ireland, and New Zealand have fairly recently implemented different election systems. |
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The possible solution for UK was handled by the Jenkins Committee in the late 1980s but no final solution has been reached yet. |
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In 2005, the Canadian province of British Columbia held a referendum on changing their FPTP to [[STV]]; it was narrowly defeated. |
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Recent examples of nations which have not adopted the FPTP system includes South Africa, almost all of the former east bloc nations, Russia and Afghanistan as well as Iraq. |
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The term "first past the post" refers to a now seldom-used analogy with horse racing, where the winner is the first to pass a particular point (in this case a plurality of votes), upon which all other runners automatically and completely lose ("winner take all"). |
The term "first past the post" refers to a now seldom-used analogy with horse racing, where the winner is the first to pass a particular point (in this case a plurality of votes), upon which all other runners automatically and completely lose ("winner take all"). |
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Revision as of 04:05, 28 November 2019
A first-past-the-post (FPTP; sometimes FPP)[1] electoral system is one in which voters indicate on a ballot the candidate of their choice, and the candidate who receives the most votes wins. This is sometimes described as winner takes all. First-past-the-post voting is a plurality voting method. FPTP is a common, but not universal, feature of electoral systems with single-member electoral divisions, and is practised in close to one third of countries. Notable examples include the United States, the United Kingdom, as well as some of the latter's former colonies and protectorates, such as Canada or India.
Fist-past-the-post is often referred to as winner-take-all, plurality voting, relative majority, and choose-one voting. In political science, it is known as Single-Member Plurality or SMP.
The term "first past the post" refers to a now seldom-used analogy with horse racing, where the winner is the first to pass a particular point (in this case a plurality of votes), upon which all other runners automatically and completely lose ("winner take all").
- ↑ The Department of Internal Affairs, Government of New Zealand. "More about FPP". dia.govt.nz. Retrieved 2019-02-17.