Electoral Systems mindmap
- Created by: corbs00
- Created on: 18-12-16 13:56
View mindmap
- Electoral systems
- Supplemen-tary vote
- Used in mayor elections
- Preferential & majoritarian system
- Voters rank candidates... all but top 2 eliminated... surplus votes counted... candidate with most votes wins
- First Past The Post
- Plurality system
- Voter chooses one candidate... person with most votes in a constituency wins seat (even if no majority) - most seats = government
- Used in general elections
- Alternative Vote
- Preferential & majoritarian system
- Used in party leadership elections
- Candidates ranked in order of preference... surplus votes counted until threshold is reached; person who reaches this will win
- Additional Member System
- Hybrid system = mixture of plurality & proportional
- Voter gets 2 votes - 1 for MP, 1 for party... votes equal to seats
- Used in Welsh Assembly & Scottish Parliament
- Single Transferable Vote
- Used in Northern Ireland Stormont elections & Republic of Ireland Parliament
- Preferential system
- Voters rank candidates in order of preference... if no majority is won, surplus votes counted... seat is filled when threshold is met... eliminate bottom candidate & count their surplus votes... continue until seats are full
- Regional Party List
- Used in European Parliamentary elections
- Can be open or closed ballot system, proportional
- Open ballot = the voter knows who the candidates are
- Closed ballot = the voter doesn't know who the candidates are
- Voters pick preferred party, seats are equalivilant to votes... party picks candidate
- Supplemen-tary vote
Similar Government & Politics resources:
Teacher recommended
Comments
No comments have yet been made