Zusammenfassung der Ressource
electoral system
- single transferable vote
- Used in Scottish Local Council elections
- advantages
- No votes are wasted
- Benefits marginalised groups
- Ranks candidates so more choice for voters
- disadvantages
- Multi-member representation eg 3 or 4 councillors
- Longer to get results
- Some may be confused by the system
- First Past the Post
- disadvantages
- Not proportional
- many votes are wasted
- Encourages electorate to vote tactically
- Emphasis on marginal constituencies
- Used in UK Parliament elections
- advantages
- Usually a quick result
- Directly elected representative
- one per constituency
- Straightforward system
- voters not confused
- Additional Members System
- Advantages
- More proportional
- Retains elements of FPTP so some direct representation
- Smaller parties can be successful eg Greens in Scottish Parliament
- Disadvantages
- System more complex than First Past The Post
- Representatives to parliament elected under two different systems
- Too many representatives
- Used in Scottish Parliament elections
- Regional List
- advantages
- Straightforward for the electorate
- Most proportional of all systems
- diadvantages
- No direct representation
- Party decides ranking on the list
- used in European Parliament elections