Plurality Voting

GPTKB entity

Statements (31)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Voting System
gptkbp:advantage Simplicity
Low Cost
Quick Results
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs First-past-the-post
gptkbp:contrastsWith Proportional Representation
Majority Voting
Ranked-choice Voting
gptkbp:criticizedFor Minority Rule
Spoiler Effect
Tactical Voting
Two-party System
Wasted Votes
gptkbp:feature Candidate with most votes wins
No requirement for majority
Voters select one candidate
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Plurality Voting
gptkbp:originatedIn 19th Century
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Electoral_Reform
Duverger's Law
Single-member Districts
gptkbp:usedFor Presidential Elections
Legislative Elections
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Canada
gptkb:India
gptkb:Nigeria
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cumulative_Voting
gptkb:Electoral_Systems
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5