Preferential block votingPreferential block voting is a majoritarian voting system for electing several representatives from a single multimember constituency. Unlike the single transferable vote (STV), preferential block voting is not a method for obtaining proportional representation, and instead produces similar results to plurality block voting (a type of multiple non-transferable vote, MNTV), of which it can be seen as the instant-runoff version, making it a multiple transferable vote (MTV).
Scrutin majoritaire plurinominalLe scrutin majoritaire plurinominal est un système électoral dans lequel plusieurs personnes sont élues au cours d'un même scrutin (scrutin plurinominal) et où les candidats ayant obtenu le plus de voix sont élus (scrutin majoritaire). Il s'oppose au scrutin uninominal, dans lequel une seule personne est élue, et au scrutin proportionnel de liste, dans lequel les sièges sont répartis entre les listes proportionnellement au nombre de voix obtenues.
Système mixteLes systèmes mixtes sont des systèmes électoraux dans lesquels on intègre (scrutin mixte à finalité proportionnelle) ou bien on adjoint (scrutin parallèle) un scrutin majoritaire à un scrutin proportionnel afin d'élire une assemblée législative. Dans certains cas, il s'agit de compenser les conséquences de la surreprésentation d'une liste ayant obtenu le plus de voix dans le cadre d'un scrutin majoritaire. Cela a pour effet que des listes minoritaires soient quand même représentées au sein de l'assemblée concernée.
Élections aux Pays-Basthumb|240px|Les États généraux du royaume des Pays-Bas au Binnenhof sont choisis au scrutin proportionnel indirect (Première Chambre) et direct (Seconde Chambre). Les Pays-Bas sont une monarchie parlementaire régie par la Loi fondamentale du Royaume, document constitutionnel adopté en 1815. Il existe quatre types majeurs délections aux Pays-Bas : les élections européennes ; les élections législatives ; les élections provinciales ; les élections municipales.
Élections au Royaume-UniIl existe quatre types d’élections au Royaume-Uni : les élections générales, les élections des Parlements et Assemblées dévolues, les élections locales et les élections municipales. Ces élections se tiennent en général un jeudi (Election Day). Traditionnellement, le système britannique est le bipartisme, c'est-à-dire une alternance plus ou moins régulière entre deux partis de bord politique opposé ; les deux partis principaux sont le Parti travailliste (Labour Party) et le Parti conservateur et unioniste (Conservative and Unionist Party) - plus couramment dénommé Parti conservateur (Conservative Party).
Elections in BrazilBrazil elects on the national level a head of state—the president—and a legislature. The president is elected to a four-year term by absolute majority vote through a two-round system. The National Congress (Congresso Nacional) has two chambers. The Chamber of Deputies (Câmara dos Deputados) has 513 members, elected to a four-year term by proportional representation. The Federal Senate (Senado Federal) has 81 members, elected to an eight-year term, with elections every four years for alternatively one-third and two-thirds of the seats.
Elections in the United StatesIn the politics of the United States, elections are held for government officials at the federal, state, and local levels. At the federal level, the nation's head of state, the president, is elected indirectly by the people of each state, through an Electoral College. Today, these electors almost always vote with the popular vote of their state. All members of the federal legislature, the Congress, are directly elected by the people of each state. There are many elected offices at state level, each state having at least an elective governor and legislature.
Party-list systemA party-list system is a type of electoral system that formally involves political parties in the electoral process, usually to facilitate multi-winner elections. In party-list systems, parties put forward a list of candidates, the party-list who stand for election on one ticket. Voters can usually vote directly for the party-list, but in other systems voters may vote for directly individuals candidates within or across party lists (such systems are referred to as open list and panachage), besides or instead of voting directly for parties (mixed electoral systems).
Mixed-member majoritarian representationMixed member majoritarian representation (MMM) is type of a mixed electoral system combining majoritarian and proportional methods, where the disproportional results of the majoritarian side of the system prevail over the proportional component. Mixed member majoritarian systems are therefore also as a type of semi-proportional representation, and are usually contrasted with mixed-member proportional representation (MMP) which aims to provide proportional representation via additional compensation ("top-up") seats.
Multiple non-transferable voteThe multiple non-transferable vote (MNTV) is a group of voting system, in which voters elect several representatives at once, with each voter having more than one vote. MNTV uses multi-member electoral districts or only one district, which contains all voters, which is used to provide at-large representation. MNTV systems are not designed towards obtaining proportional representation; instead the usual result is that where the candidates divide into definitive parties (especially for example where those parties have party lines which are whipped) the most popular party in the district sees its full slate of candidates elected, resulting in a landslide.
