Different Electoral And Voting Systems Used In The UK

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Different electoral/voting systems used in the UK recently Additional Member System-Scottish Parliament Additional Member system (a hybrid of PR and single member plurality) They are used to elect Scottish Mps. The Additional Member System (AMS) is a voting system in which some representatives are elected from geographic constituencies and others are elected under proportional representation from party lists. Voters have two votes, one for the party and the second for the candidate in a constituency. The constituency representatives are generally elected under the first past the post voting system. The party list representatives are elected by a second vote, where the electors vote for a political party, not directly for an individual. The particular individuals selected come from lists drawn up by the political parties before the election, at a national or regional level.
First past the post system- General Elections The plurality voting system is a system used to elect members of a parliament which is based on single member constituencies. The most common system, used in the Uk as well as other countries such as the USA and Canada, is first past the post or winner-take-all, a voting system in which a single winner is chosen in a given constituency by having the most votes, regardless of whether or not he or she has a majority of votes. Supplementary Vote System – London mayor election With the supplementary vote, there are two columns on the ballot paper - one for the