Winner-take-all system
electoral system where the winner takes all seats in a legislature or electoral district, denying representation to any political minorities
The Borda method
Each candidate votes for the candidates and then the scores are calculated, each candidate's score is the same as the scores of other candidates below him, the last one gets 0 points, the next one gets 1 point, and so on until the win.
Preferential block voting
majoritarian voting system
limited voting
voting system in which electors have fewer votes than there are positions available; the positions are awarded to the candidates who receive the most votes absolutely
Condorcet method
pairwise-comparison electoral system
instant-runoff voting
voting method for single-seat elections, where voters rank the candidates in order of preference; ballots are initially counted for each voter’s top choice, losers are eliminated one-by-one, with losers' ballots redistributed till 1 candidate remains
Plurality block voting
type of multi-winner plurality/majority electoral system
single-member district
electoral district with one representative in a legislature
contingent vote
ranked-choice electoral system
plurality voting system
electoral system in which each voter may vote for only one candidate, and the candidate who polls the most is elected, regardless of if they receive over half of the vote or not
general ticket
winner-take-all electoral system
Positional voting system
Class of ranked-choice electoral systems