called first-past-the-post (FPTP) in reference to gambling on horse races (where bettors would guess which horse they thought would be first past the finishing...

as first-past-the-post; this is the second most common electoral system for national legislatures, with 58 countries using it for this purpose, the vast...

member [district] plurality (SMP), which is widely known as "first-past-the-post". In SMP/FPTP the leading candidate, whether or not they have a majority of...

would not have won under first past the post but still only 14 out of 125 seats filled were not won by the first-count leader. The effect of IRV on voter...

through first-past-the-post elections: a single-winner contest does not produce proportional representation as it has only one winner. Conversely, the representation...

are used within the various jurisdictions in the United States, the most common of which is the first-past-the-post system, where the highest-polling...

choose one party. Ballot from a 2021 local election in the United Kingdom, using first-past-the-post. Voters choose one candidate. Voting officers visit...

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to first-past-the-post voting for single-member districts, which is vulnerable to gerrymandering and majority reversals. A related system is the majority...

understandable comparison between the parties which are of wider interest. As in the UK, the US employs a first-past-the-post voting system as its main voting...