Table of voting systems by country

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This table deals with voting to select candidates for office, not for the passing of legislation.

Contents

1 Voting systems by country
1.1 Key
2 See also 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Voting systems by country

Country Body System Seats per District Total seats Threshold
Afghanistan President Runoff
House of the People SNTV 249
Albania Assembly MMP: Largest remainder (Hare quota) 40 / 1 140 2.5% (parties), 4% (coalitions)
Algeria President Runoff
People's National Assembly Party list 380 5%
Andorra General Council Parallel: Party list / Bloc voting 14 / 2 28
Angola President FPTP
National Assembly D'Hondt method (closed lists) 5 per province, 130 across country, + 3 representatives from abroad 233
Antigua and Barbuda House of Representatives FPTP 17
Argentina President Runoff
Chamber of Deputies of the Nation D'Hondt method (closed lists) 257
Armenia President Runoff
National Assembly Parallel: Largest remainder (Hare quota) / FPTP 75 / 1 131 5%
Aruba Estates 21
Australia Senate STV 6 per state per election, 2 per territory 76
House of Representatives IRV 150
Austria President Runoff
Nationalrat Largest remainder (Hare quota) at district and regional levels, D'Hondt method for remaining votes at national level 183 4%
Azerbaijan President
National Assembly Parallel: Party list / FPTP 125
Bahamas House of Assembly FPTP 40
Bahrain Council of Representatives Runoff 40
Bangladesh Jatiyo Sangshad FPTP 300 + 30 seats reserved for women
Barbados House of Assembly FPTP 30
Belarus President
House of Representatives 110
Belgium Chamber of Representatives D'Hondt method 3–22 150 5%
Senate D'Hondt method 15, 25 40 + 21 chosen by Community parliaments + 10 co-opted
Belize National Assembly FPTP 29
Benin President Runoff
National Assembly Largest remainder method 83
Bermuda House of Assembly FPTP 36
Bhutan Tshogdu FPTP 105 + 12 religious representatives + 37 appointed
Bolivia President First round by people, Runoff if necessary by Parliament
Chamber of Deputies MMP: Hare quota (62 seats; two rounds of quota counting) / FPTP (68 seats) 130 1 Hare quota for first round
Senate Winning party takes 2 seats, second party takes 1 in each constituency 3 27
Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina FPTP 1 3 (one each of the three major ethnicities)
House of Representatives Sainte-Laguë method 14, 28 42
Botswana National Assembly FPTP 57 + 4 co-opted + 2 ex officio
Brazil President Runoff
Chamber of Deputies D'Hondt method (open lists) 8–70 513 1 Hare quota
Senate Plurality-at-large for dual-member elections, FPTP otherwise 1, 2 (alternates each election) 81
Bulgaria President Runoff
National Assembly D'Hondt method (closed lists)[1] 4–14[1] 240 4%
Burkina Faso President Runoff
National Assembly of Burkina Faso Largest remainder (Hare quota) 111
Burundi President
National Assembly D'Hondt method 100 2%
Cambodia National Assembly D'Hondt method 123
Cameroon President Runoff
National Assembly FPTP in single-member constituencies; in multi-member constituencies: party with over 50% of vote gets all seats, otherwise highest party gets half, rest distributed by Largest remainder (Hare quota) 1–7 180 5%
Canada House of Commons FPTP 308
Cape Verde President Runoff
National Assembly D'Hondt method 2-15 72
Cayman Islands Legislative Assembly SNTV 2 15 + 3 ex officio
Central African Republic President
National Assembly Runoff 105
Chad President Runoff
National Assembly 155
Chile President Runoff
Chamber of Deputies D'Hondt method (open list) 2 120
Senate D'Hondt method (open list) 2 38
Colombia President Runoff
Chamber of Representatives D'Hondt method 2–18 162
Senate D'Hondt method 100 + 2 (indigenous) 102
Comoros President Runoff
Assembly of the Union Runoff 18 + 15 elected by local assemblies
Congo-Brazzaville President
National Assembly 153
Costa Rica President FPTP
Legislative Assembly D'Hondt method 57
Croatia President Runoff
Sabor D'Hondt method, plus some reserved for minorities and Croatians living abroad 12 100–160 5%
Cuba National Assembly of People's Power Endorsement of selected candidates 1 609
Cyprus President
House of Representatives Largest remainder (Hare quota; open lists) 3–21 80 (56 for Greek-Cypriots; 24 for Turkish-Cypriots (currently vacant)) and 3 observers from religious minorities 1.8%
Czech Republic Chamber of Deputies D'Hondt method 5–25 200 5% (parties), 8% (coalitions)
Senate Runoff 1 81
Democratic Republic of Congo President Runoff
National Assembly Largest remainder 1-17 500
Denmark Folketing Sainte-Laguë method 179 2%
Djibouti President Runoff
National Assembly Bloc voting 65
Dominica House of Assembly FPTP 21 + 9 appointed + Speaker + 1 ex officio
Dominican Republic President Runoff
Chamber of Deputies D'Hondt method 2–36 150
Senate FPTP 32
East Timor President Runoff
Parliament Parallel: Largest remainder (75 seats), FPTP (13 seats) 75 / 1 88
Ecuador President Runoff
National Congress D'Hondt method 2–18 100
Egypt President Runoff
People's Assembly Modified Runoff 2 444 + 10 appointed
Shura Council Runoff 174 + 88 appointed
El Salvador President Runoff
Legislative Assembly D'Hondt method 3–20 84
Equatorial Guinea President
Chamber of People's Representatives Party list 80
Estonia Riigikogu Party list 101 5%
Ethiopia House of People's Representatives FPTP 546
Fiji House of Representatives IRV 1 71
Finland President Runoff
Eduskunta (and MEPs) D'Hondt method (open lists) 6–34 200
France President Runoff
National Assembly Runoff 1 577
French Senate Electoral college 331
Gabon President
National Assembly Runoff 111 + 9 appointed
Gambia President FPTP
National Assembly FPTP 48 + 5 appointed
Georgia President Runoff
Parliament Parallel: Quota / Runoff 235 7%
Germany Bundestag MMP: Largest remainder (Hare quota) / FPTP 299 / 1 598 + overhang seats 5% or 3 district seats
Ghana President FPTP
Parliament FPTP 230
Greece Hellenic Parliament 260 seats are allocated proportionally via several seat allocations; 40 seats are given to the first party or coalition of parties 288 / 56 288 + 12 MPs for State, elected nationwide 3%
Grenada House of Representatives FPTP 15
Guatemala President Runoff
Congress of the Republic D'Hondt method 29 / 1 158
Guinea President
National Assembly Parallel: Hare quota / FPTP 76 / 1 114
Guinea-Bissau President Runoff
National People's Assembly Party list 100
Guyana National Assembly Largest remainder (Hare quota) 53 (+12 appointed by local councils)
Haiti President
Chamber of Deputies Runoff 1 99
Holy See (Vatican) Pope Electoral college
Honduras President FPTP
National Congress Largest remainder (Hare quota) 128
Hong Kong Legislative Council Parallel
District constituencies: Largest remainder (Hare quota)
Functional constituencies: FPTP, Bloc voting, IRV 4–8 (District constituencies) / 1-3 (Functional constituencies) 60
Hungary National Assembly MMP: D'Hondt method / modified Runoff 386 5% (10% for coalitions)
Iceland President FPTP
Alþing D'Hondt method 9 63 5%
India House of the People FPTP 1 545
Indonesia President Runoff
People's Representative Council Hare quota (open lists) 2-12 550
Regional Representatives Council SNTV 4 128
Iran President Runoff
Majlis of Iran Runoff 290
Assembly of Experts 86
Iraq Council of Representatives Party list 5-59 275
Ireland President IRV
Seanad Éireann STV (49/60 seats - restricted franchise) N/A 60
Dáil Éireann STV 3–5 166[2]
Israel Knesset D'Hondt method 120 120 2%
Italy Chamber of Deputies 617 list-PR with national majority bonus + 1 FPTP + 12 Largest remainder (Hare quota) 1/44 630 2% (parties in a coalition, except that the first party below 2% in a coalition does receive seats) 4% (parties) 10% (coalitions) 20% (in a single district for the parties of ethnic minorities)
Senate 301 list-PR with regional majority bonus + 1 FPTP + 7 mixed system + 6 D'Hondt method 1/47 315 3% (parties in a coalition) 8% (parties) 20% (coalitions)
Ivory Coast President Runoff
National Assembly FPTP 225
Jamaica House of Representatives FPTP 1 60
Japan House of Representatives Parallel: D'Hondt method (180 seats) / FPTP (300 seats) 6-29 / 1 480
House of Councillors Parallel: D'Hondt method (48 seats) / SNTV (73 seats) 24 / 1-4 per election 121 per election
Jordan Chamber of Deputies FPTP 104 + 6 women elected by electoral college
Kazakhstan President
Majilis Parallel: Proportional (10 seats) / Runoff (57 seats) 67
Kenya President FPTP
National Assembly of Kenya FPTP 210 + 12 appointed + 2 ex officio
Kiribati President FPTP
House of Assembly Modified runoff 40 + 1 delegate from Banaba Island and 1 ex officio
Kuwait National Assembly Bloc 2 50
Kyrgyzstan President
Legislative Assembly Parallel: Party list (15 seats) / Runoff (45) 60
Assembly of People's Representatives 45
Laos National Assembly Bloc voting 115
Latvia Saeima Sainte-Laguë method 14–28 100 5%
Lebanon Chamber of Deputies Bloc voting 128
Lesotho National Assembly MMP Party list (40 seats) / FPTP (80 seats) 120
Liberia President Runoff
House of Representatives FPTP 1 64
Senate SNTV 2 30
Liechtenstein Diet Largest remainder (Hare quota) 25 8%
Lithuania President Runoff
Seimas Parallel: Largest remainder (70 seats) / Runoff (71 seats) 70 / 1 141 5% (parties), 7% (coalitions)
Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies D'Hondt method 60
Macau Legislative Council Party list / Functional constituencies / Appointed 12 29
Macedonia President Runoff
Assembly D'Hondt method 20 120
Madagascar President Runoff
National Assembly 1–2 160
Malawi President FPTP
National Assembly FPTP 194
Malaysia Dewan Rakyat FPTP 1 222
Maldives President Runoff
Majlis Bloc voting 2 42 + 8 appointed
Mali President Runoff
National Assembly Runoff 160
Malta President
House of Representatives STV 5 65
Marshall Islands Legislature FPTP 33
Mauritania President Runoff
National Assembly Runoff 81
Mauritius National Assembly 2–3 62 + 8 appointed
Mexico President FPTP
Chamber of Deputies Parallel: Largest remainder (Hare quota) (200 seats) / FPTP (300 seats) 40 / 1 500
Senate Parallel: Largest remainder (Hare quota) / winner takes 2, second takes 1 32 / 3 128
Federated States of Micronesia Congress FPTP (10 seats), PR (4 seats) 14
Moldova Parliament of the Republic of Moldova D'Hondt method 101 101 6%
Monaco National Council SNTV (16 seats), D'Hondt method (8 seats) 24
Mongolia President
State Great Khural FPTP 76
Montenegro Parliament D'Hondt method (closed lists) 5, 76 81 3%
Montserrat Legislative Council 9 9
Morocco Assembly of Representatives Parallel: Largest remainder (295 seats) / list of women (30 seats) 325
Mozambique President Runoff
Assembly of the Republic D'Hondt method 250 250 5%
Namibia President Runoff
National Assembly Hare quota + 6 appointed 78
Nauru Parliament 18
Nepal House of Representatives FPTP 205
Netherlands States-General D'Hondt method 150 150 0.67%
New Zealand House of Representatives (Parliament) MMP: Sainte-Laguë method (51+ seats) / FPTP (69 district seats which also includes 7 seats reserved for Maori) 120 + overhang seats 5% or 1 district seat
Nicaragua President FPTP
National Assembly D'Hondt method 92
Niger President Runoff
National Assembly Party list (105 seats) + 8 from FPTP 113
Nigeria President Runoff
House of Representatives FPTP 1 360
Senate FPTP 1 109
Niue Assembly Bloc voting (6 seats) 1–6 6 + 14 representatives of the villages
North Korea Supreme People's Assembly Endorsement of candidate 687
Norway Storting Modified Sainte-Laguë method (open lists) 4–17 150 + 19 leveling seats 4% for leveling seats
Pakistan National Assembly FPTP, with Party list for women 272 + 10 for religious minorities + 60 for women
Palau President
House of Delegates FPTP 16
Senate FPTP 9
Palestine President FPTP
Legislative Council Parallel: Sainte-Laguë method (closed list; 66 seats) / Bloc voting or FPTP (66 seats) 66 / 1–9 132 2%
Panama President FPTP
National Assembly Single-member constituencies: FPTP; multi-member: Saripolo or Sartori method (Largest remainder, but remainders only for those with no seats) 1– 78
Papua New Guinea National Parliament IRV 1 109 - Paraguay President FPTP
Chamber of Deputies D'Hondt method 80
Senate D'Hondt method 45