Double simultaneous vote
Method of holding two elections with one vote From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Double simultaneous vote (DSV) is an electoral system in which multiple offices – such as the president and members of a legislature – are elected through a single vote cast for a party. It can be combined with other electoral systems; in Uruguay DSV is used to elect the president and members of the Senate and Chamber of Representatives, with the presidential election also using the two-round system; if no party/presidential candidate receives a majority of the vote, a second round is held for the presidential election.[1]
The initial republican constitutions of several countries in the Commonwealth of Nations, such as Kenya,[2] Guyana[3] and Zambia,[4] provided for presidential elections by double simultaneous vote. Occasionally, as in Tanganyika,[5][6] a variant was used whereby the candidate who won a majority of constituencies (as opposed to a plurality of votes) would be elected. Such systems have also been used in Latin America.[citation needed]
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Country | First election | Second election | Third election | Simultaneous votes | |||
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Offices | System | Offices | System | Offices | System | ||
Angola | Members of the National Assembly | Party-list PR | President | FPTP | Closed list party vote + personal vote | ||
Bolivia | President (first round) | TRS | Chamber of Deputies | AMS | Senate | Party-list PR | Personal vote + mixed single vote + closed list party vote |
Guyana | Members of the National Assembly | Party-list PR | President | FPTP | Closed list party vote + personal vote | ||
Uruguay | President (first round) | TRS | Chamber of Representatives | Party-list PR | Chamber of Senators | Party-list PR | Personal vote + 2x closed list party vote |
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