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Record 1 2017-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electoral Systems and Political Parties
CONT

If, on first count, no candidate reaches the majority threshold, the candidate with the lowest number of votes is dropped; the ballots that listed the losing candidate as first choice are reallocated to the candidate listed as their second choice, and so on until one candidate wins.

French

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  • Systèmes électoraux et partis politiques
CONT

Le seuil de majorité qui s’impose traditionnellement, c’est-à-dire le seuil de 50 % + 1 des voix exprimées, apparaît pour beaucoup de chercheurs comme une évidence ne nécessitant pas de justification scientifique.

Spanish

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