TAILIEUCHUNG - Lectures Comparative political: Lecture V

Lectures Comparative political: Lecture V - Elections and referendums political parties presented electoral systemsingle-member constituencies, types of referendum, the impact of referendums, political parties. | ELECTIONS AND REFERENDUMS POLITICAL PARTIES ELECTIONS AND REFERENDUMS Introduction Elections are held to fill representatives in a parliament or some other institution A government is elected depending on the nature of the political system Referendums are votes on a specific issue to be approved or rejected Elections are universal among democracies, referendums vary Electoral system Single-member constituencies Single-member plurality (first-past-the-post) the seat is awarded to the candidate with the most votes plurality suffices The earliest system to be employed Employed in some world’s largest democracies: UK, US, Canada Alternative vote A candidate is elected if his votes amount to a majority Otherwise, lowest placed candidate is eliminated, his contituents choose an alternative of second preference The process goes on until one candidate has an overall majority The winner is required of an absolute of votes at the final stage Electoral system Single-member constituencies Two-round system A second round in case no candidate wins majority in first round Only eligible candidates proceed to 2nd round The winner of most votes will take the seat Employed to elect parliaments and presidents Electoral system Multi-member constituencies Proportional representation Each group of voters are awarded with a “fair share” of representation Number of seats are given according to percentage of votes Downside Voters do not have a local MP country is divided into smaller constituencies Does not guarantee the overall level of proportionality will be as high as of one national constituency Refinement: maintain sub-national constituents but keeping some seats back these seats are given to a party which is under-represented. 2 methods. Electoral system Method 1: highest average A series of divisors (1, 2, 3 ) is applied Each party’s vote is divided by the 1st divisor 1st seat awarded to the highest average party That party’s vote is then divided by the 2nd divisor the .

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