Plurality-at-large voting

GPTKB entity

Statements (30)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Voting system
gptkbp:advantage Can lead to landslide victories
Easy to administer
Minority groups may be underrepresented
Simple to understand
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Block_voting
gptkb:Bloc_voting
gptkbp:category Majoritarian electoral system
Non-proportional electoral system
gptkbp:contrastsWith gptkb:Single_non-transferable_vote
gptkb:Limited_voting
Proportional representation
Cumulative voting
gptkbp:feature Candidates with most votes win
Majority group can win all seats
No proportionality
Voters can distribute votes among candidates
Voters have as many votes as there are seats
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Plurality-at-large voting
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:At-large_election
gptkb:First-past-the-post_voting
gptkbp:usedFor Electing multiple winners
gptkbp:usedIn Municipal elections
Local elections
Board elections
Hong Kong District Council elections
Philippines local elections
United States local governments
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Block_Voting
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4