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electoral systemMethod and rules of counting votes to determine the outcome of elections. Winners may be determined by a plurality, a majority (more than 50% of the vote), an extraordinary majority (a percentage of the vote greater than 50%), or unanimity. Candidates for public office may be elected directly or indirectly. Proportional representation is used in some areas to ensure a fairer distribution of legislative seats to constituencies that may be denied representation under the plurality or majority formulas. See also party system, plurality system, primary election. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| That saw victory go to the Justice and Development Party (AKP), which, thanks to the nature of the country's electoral system, achieved a two-thirds majority in parliament with only 34 percent of the vote. Naturally, questions of electoral system design cannot be considered independently of the larger question of what overarching constitutional framework is most likely to sustain democratic practice in a society given the actual configuration of key players in the prospective political game. The truth is, the electoral system used for the elections gave grossly unrepresentative results in which Hamas won nearly a super majority of seats even though they didn't win even a majority of votes. |
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