uninominal

Examples

• All

• Single-member voting districts were created to enable two-thirds of the council members for each municipality to be elected by the uninominal method, with the remaining third apportioned on the basis of the citywide vote obtained by each party.

  Academic text (1993)

• The "pure uninominal system" (not yet implemented) in which all members of Congress and of city councils are elected on the basis of winning a majority of the votes cast in their single-member voting district; this system completely eliminates proportional representation.

  Academic text (1993)

• Under the uninominal system, it would be possible for the nation's largest party to secure an overwhelming majority of congressional seats if it were to win in most of the country's voting districts.

  Academic text (1993)

• Undoubtedly, the uninominal system, which held out the prospect of winning an election without party backing, encouraged political newcomers and activists alike to challenge the established parties.

  Academic text (1993)

• They identified themselves with the general repudiation of party machines and called for uninominal voting within the party, expressing the view that the widespread support for nominal elections was part of a process.

  Academic text (1993)

• At the other end of the spectrum, national leaders of the neighborhood movement pointed out that the reform fell far short of the "pure uninominal system" (in which proportional representation is eliminated altogether) which they had been advocating.

  Academic text (1993)

• To correct the situation, many proposed that the system of party-devised slates be replaced with a "pure uninominal system" of elections, a proposal that implied doing away with proportional representation entirely, and which was thus generally not endorsed by national party leaders of any stripe.

  Academic text (1993)

• The AD, on the other hand, took advantage of its slim majority in the Chamber of Deputies to pass a proposal, just six months prior to the 1989 elections, for "pure uninominal" voting to be mandated in the case of municipal elections for single-member districts.

  Academic text (1993)

• On the other hand, national leaders for the neighborhood associations viewed the partial uninominal system as only a half-measure, insufficient to alter the established pattern of electing candidates according to their party labels, rather than on their qualifications for the job.

  Academic text (1993)

• Leaders of the AD, and President Perez in particular, hailed this new "partial uninominal" arrangement as providing both greater accountability on the one hand and a closer interaction between councilmen and their constituencies on the other.

  Academic text (1993)

Synonyms

O

one-member

vsuninominal

• Specialized

1 7.7

Having only one person elected to represent each district

also covers systems that use one name or option label for candidates

Compounds

U

uninominal system

• Specialized

9.9

A voting system where voters elect one person to represent each district

U

uninominal voting system

• Specialized

9.1

Each district elects one representative

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Etymology