first-past-the-post voting
Sign in to saveAlso known as FPTP, winner-take-all voting, FPP, single-member plurality voting, SMP, choose-one voting, first-preference plurality voting, 1stP
electoral system in which voters indicate the candidate of their choice, and the candidate who receives the most votes wins
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- electoral system
- Subclass of
- plurality voting system
- Image
- Plurality ballot.svg
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- Commons category
- First-past-the-post voting
- different from
- plurality voting system
- used by
- U.S. state
- has effect
- safe seat
- contributing factor of
- tactical voting
- short name
- First-past-the-post
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