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electoral system

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Noun1.electoral system - a legal system for making democratic choices
voting system
legal system - a system for interpreting and enforcing the laws
scrutin uninomial system, scrutin uninominal voting system, single-member system, uninominal system, uninominal voting system - based on the principle of having only one member (as of a legislature) selected from each electoral district
list system, scrutin de liste, scrutin de liste system - based on the principle of proportional representation; voters choose between party lists, the number elected from each list being determined by the percentage cast for each list out of the total vote
law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"


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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.
A variety of scenarios for Turkey's upcoming presidential, ... by Gorvett, Jon / Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
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 2005 Iraqi elections and law: a positivist tale by Diamantidis, Marinos / Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ)
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.
Palestinian elections: it's the voting system, stupid! by Hill, Steven / The Humanist
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