list system
- noun
- Specialized
:
sistema de listas
- The country switched to a list system to ensure fairer representation in the parliament.
- party list system
- open-list system
Examples
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Members of the Chamber of Deputies are elected from each state to four-year terms using an open-list system of proportional representation.
Academic text (1998) -
List systems may or may not allow the elector to choose between candidates of the same party.
Academic text (2006) -
Moreover, "list systems" are usually further divided into Largest Remainder and Highest Average categories.
Academic text (2006) -
Another feature of proportional representation systems is that they are normally grouped into two broad categories: list systems and the Single Transferable Vote systems.
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The negative list system is more inclusive than a positive list system because the former designates a few areas where investment is prohibited, whereas the latter designates a few areas where investment is allowed.
Academic text (2000) -
One commentator, writing in the ANC publication Sechaba, has contended that a standard governing list system is appropriate for South Africa.
Academic text (1990) -
The broad definition of what constitutes a political party, providing for easy ballot access to all levels of government, reinforces the impact of a party list system and affirmative action.
Academic text (1994) -
Because the affirmative action provision accompanied the party list system at the local level, it is not possible to make conclusive statements on the effect of either provision within the Namibian context.
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Although it is true that the party list system helps get women elected, studies of this relationship within the European context suggest that women tend to be nominated in inverse proportion to the political risks (of losing) involved.
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To a large extent, the two traditional parties have profited from the open-list system, combining it with their clientelistic and electoral forms of linkage to maximize their seats.
Academic text (2000)
Synonyms
A voting method where people vote for party lists and seats match each list's share of votes
An election system where people vote for party lists and parties get seats according to votes
How Proportional
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is compositionally built from 'list' (a recorded sequence of names) and 'system' (a set of rules), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it refers to a system that operates using lists (e.g., lists of candidates). However, the precise technical implication that it denotes a proportional representation/party-list electoral method is domain-specific and not fully predictable from the constituents alone, so some prior exposure or context is needed.
Etymology
List system comes from a simple image: political parties write a ranked list of candidates, and winners are picked down that list in order after voters choose a party. So the name explains that this voting way means 'seats are given to party lists according to how many votes they get'.