Country and System
|
Kingdom |
Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Albania 1 (1991) |
Majoritarian |
Plurality |
Single-Member Plurality |
Single-Member Districts |
Albania 2 (1992) |
Proportional |
Two Tier |
Mixed Single-Vote Superposition-Correction |
Two Round + LR Hare |
Albania 3 (1996) |
Ni-Ni |
Mixed-Independent |
Superposition-Independent |
Two Round + LR Hare |
Albania 4 (1997) |
Ni-Ni |
Mixed-Independent |
Superposition-Independent |
Two Round + LR Hare |
Albania 5 (2001) |
Proportional |
Two Tier |
Mixed Superposition-Correction |
Two Round + LR Hare |
Albania 6 (2005) |
Proportional |
Two Tier |
Mixed-Superposition Correction |
Plurality + LR Hare |
Albania 7 (2009-) |
Proportional |
Single Tier |
Multiple Districts |
d’Hondt |
Andorra (1993-) |
Ni-Ni |
Mixed-Independent |
Superposition-Independent |
Block + LR Hare |
Angola (1992-) |
Proportional |
Two Tier |
Superposition-Single Vote |
d’Hondt + LR Hare |
Argentina (1983-) |
Proportional |
Single Tier Staggered |
Multiple Districts |
d’Hondt |
Belgium 1 (1991) |
Proportional |
Two Tier |
Superposition-Correction |
Hare + d’Hondt |
Belgium 2 (1995) |
Proportional |
Two Tier |
Superposition-Correction |
Hare + d’Hondt |
Belgium 3 (2003-10) |
Proportional |
Single Tier |
Multiple Districts |
d’Hondt |
Belgium 4 (2014-) |
Proportional |
Single Tier |
Multiple Districts |
d’Hondt |
Belize 1 (1954-7) |
Majoritarian |
Plurality |
Single-Member Plurality |
Single-Member Districts |
Belize 2 (1961-79) |
Majoritarian |
Plurality |
Single-Member Plurality |
Single-Member Districts |
Belize 3 (1984-) |
Majoritarian |
Plurality |
Single-Member Plurality |
Single-Member Districts |
Benin 1 (1991) |
Proportional |
Single Tier |
Multiple Districts |
d’Hondt |
Benin 2 (1995) |
Proportional |
Single Tier |
Multiple Districts |
d’Hondt |
Benin 3 (1999-) |
Proportional |
Single Tier |
Multiple Districts |
d’Hondt |
Bolivia 1 (1979-85) |
Ni-Ni |
Linked to Presidential |
Single Tier |
LR Hare |
Bolivia 2 (1989) |
Ni-Ni |
Linked to Presidential |
Single Tier |
LR Hare (Double Quotient) |
Bolivia 3 (1993) |
Ni-Ni |
Linked to Presidential |
Single Tier |
Sainte-Laguë |
Bolivia 4 (1997-2005) |
Ni-Ni |
Linked to Presidential |
Mixed-Superposition Correction |
SMD + d’Hondt |
Bolivia 5 (2009-) |
Ni-Ni |
Linked to Presidential |
Mixed-Superposition Correction |
SMD + d’Hondt |
Bhutan (2008-) |
Majoritarian |
Majority |
Two-Round Party |
Single-Member Districts |
Botswana 1 (1965-89) |
Majoritarian |
Plurality |
Single-Member Plurality |
Single-Member Districts |
Botswana 2 (1994-9) |
Majoritarian |
Plurality |
Single-Member Plurality |
Single-Member Districts |
Botswana 3 (2004-) |
Majoritarian |
Plurality |
Single-Member Plurality |
Single-Member Districts |
Brazil (1982-) |
Proportional |
Single Tier |
Multiple Districts |
d’Hondt |
Cameroon (1992-) |
Ni-Ni |
Single Tier |
Single and Multimember Districts |
Plurality + LR Hare with Winner Bonus |
Cape Verde 1 (1991-2006) |
Proportional |
Single Tier |
Multiple Districts |
d’Hondt |
Cape Verde 2 (2011-) |
Proportional |
Single Tier |
Multiple Districts |
d’Hondt |
Chile (1989-) |
Proportional |
Single Tier |
Multiple Districts |
d’Hondt |
Costa Rica (1962-) |
Proportional |
Single Tier |
Multiple Districts |
Largest Remainder Hare |
El Salvador 1 (1991-2003) |
Proportional |
Two Tier |
Superposition-Independent |
LR Hare + LR Hare |
El Salvador 2 (2006-9) |
Proportional |
Single Tier |
Multiple Districts |
Largest Remainder Hare |
El Salvador 3 (2012-) |
Proportional |
Single Tier |
Multiple Districts |
Largest Remainder Hare |
Gambia 1 (1960) |
Majoritarian |
Plurality |
Single-Member Plurality |
Single-Member Districts |
Gambia 2 (1962) |
Majoritarian |
Plurality |
Single-Member Plurality |
Single-Member Districts |
Gambia 3 (1966) |
Majoritarian |
Plurality |
Single-Member Plurality |
Single-Member Districts |
Gambia 4 (1972-92) |
Majoritarian |
Plurality |
Single-Member Plurality |
Single-Member Districts |
Gambia 5 (1997-) |
Majoritarian |
Plurality |
Single-Member Plurality |
Single-Member Districts |
Ghana 1 (1969) |
Majoritarian |
Plurality |
Single-Member Plurality |
Single-Member Districts |
Ghana 2 (1992-2008) |
Majoritarian |
Plurality |
Single-Member Plurality |
Single-Member Districts |
Ghana 3 (2012) |
Majoritarian |
Plurality |
Single-Member Plurality |
Single-Member Districts |
Guatemala 1 (1985-90) |
Proportional |
Single Tier Fusion |
Multiple Districts |
d’Hondt |
Guatemala 2 (1994-5) |
Proportional |
Single Tier |
Multiple Districts |
d’Hondt |
Guatemala 3 (1999) |
Proportional |
Single Tier |
Multiple Districts |
d’Hondt |
Guatemala 4 (2003-) |
Proportional |
Single Tier |
Multiple Districts |
d’Hondt |
Guyana 1 (1964) |
Proportional |
Single-Tier + Nominated |
One National District |
Largest Remainder Hare |
Guyana 2 (1968-97) |
Proportional |
Single Tier + Nominated |
One National District |
Largest Remainder Hare |
Guyana 3 (2001-) |
Proportional |
Two Tier |
Superposition-Correction |
LR Hare + LR Hare |
Honduras 1 (1980-1) |
Ni-Ni |
Combined Vote |
Linked to Presidential, Multiple Districts |
Largest Remainder Hare |
Honduras 2 (1985) |
Ni-Ni |
Combined Vote |
Linked to Presidential, Multiple Districts |
Largest Remainder Hare |
Honduras 3 (1993) |
Ni-Ni |
Combined Vote |
Linked to Presidential, Multiple Districts |
Largest Remainder Hare |
Honduras 4 (1997-2001) |
Proportional |
Single Tier |
Multiple Districts |
Largest Remainder Hare |
Honduras 5 (2005-) |
Proportional |
Single Tier |
Multiple Districts |
Largest Remainder Hare |
Hungary 1 (1990-2010) |
Ni-Ni |
Weak Correction |
Supermixed-Weak Correction |
Two Round + Hagenbach-Bischoff + d’Hondt |
Hungary 2 (2014) |
Ni-Ni |
Weak Correction |
Mixed Superposition-Weak Correction |
Single-Member Plurality + d’Hondt |
Jamaica 1 (1944-55) |
Majoritarian |
Plurality |
Single-Member Plurality |
Single-Member Districts |
Jamaica 2 (1959-62) |
Majoritarian |
Plurality |
Single-Member Plurality |
Single-Member Districts |
Jamaica 3 (1967-) |
Majoritarian |
Plurality |
Single-Member Plurality |
Single-Member Districts |
Kiribati (1983-) |
Majoritarian |
Plurality |
Two Round |
Single-Member Districts |
Lesotho 1 (1965) |
Majoritarian |
Plurality |
Single-Member Plurality |
Single-Member Districts |
Lesotho 2 (1970-97) |
Majoritarian |
Plurality |
Single-Member Plurality |
Single-Member Districts |
Lesotho 3 (2002-7) |
Proportional |
Two Tier |
Mixed Superposition-Correction |
Single-Member Plurality + LR Hare |
Lesotho 4 (2012-) |
Proportional |
Two Tier |
Mixed Single-Vote Superposition-Correction |
Single-Member Plurality + LR Hare |
Liberia 1 (1997) |
Ni-Ni |
Linked to Presidential |
Single National District |
LR Hare |
Liberia 2 (2005-) |
Majoritarian |
Plurality |
Single-Member Plurality |
Single-Member Districts |
Mali 1 (1992) |
Majoritarian |
Majority |
Two Round Closed Block |
Single and Multimember Districts |
Mali 2 (1997-) |
Majoritarian |
Majority |
Two Round Closed Block |
Single and Multimember Districts |
Mauritius (1967-) |
Majoritarian |
Plurality |
Block Vote |
Two or Three Member Districts |
Mozambique (1994-) |
Proportional |
Single Tier |
Multiple Districts |
d’Hondt |
Nambia |
Proportional |
Single Tier |
One National District |
LR Hare |
Niger 1 (1993-9) |
Proportional (and 8 SMDs) |
Single Tier (Overlapping) |
Multiple Districts |
LR Hare (and Single-Member Plurality) |
Niger 2 (2004-) |
Proportional (and 8 SMDs) |
Single Tier (Overlapping) |
Multiple Districts |
d’Hondt (and Single-Member Plurality) |
Nicaragua 1 (1984) |
Proportional |
Two Tier |
Superposition-Remainder |
Hare + LR Hare |
Nicaragua 2 (1984) |
Proportional |
Single Tier |
Multiple Districts |
LR Hare or LR Hagenbach-Bischoff |
Nicaragua 3 (1996) |
Proportional |
Three Tier |
Superposition-Remainder + Independent |
Hare + LR Hare + LR Hare |
Nicaragua 4 (2001-) |
Proportional |
Two Tier |
Coexistence (Superposition-Independent) |
d’Hondt + d’Hondt |
Panama (1994-) |
Ni-Ni |
Bonus Seats |
Coexistence |
Plurality + Modified LR Hare |
Paraguay (1993-) |
Proportional |
Single-Tier |
Multiple Districts |
d’Hondt |
São Tomé and Príncipe (1991-) |
Proportional |
Single-Tier |
Multiple Districts |
d’Hondt |
Seychelles 1 (1993) |
Ni-Ni |
Two Tier |
Mixed-Single Vote Independent |
Plurality and LR Hare |
Seychelles 2 (1998-2007) |
Ni-Ni |
Two Tier |
Mixed-Single Vote Independent |
Plurality and 1 PR seat per 10% |
Seychelles 3 (2011-) |
Ni-Ni |
Two Tier |
Mixed-Single Vote Independent |
Plurality and 1 PR seat per 10% |
Sierra Leone 1 (1996) |
Proportional |
Single Tier |
One National District |
LR Hare |
Sierra Leone 2 (2002-) |
Majoritarian |
Plurality |
Single-Member Plurality |
Single-Member Districts |
Singapore 1 (1955) |
Majoritarian |
Plurality |
Single-Member Plurality |
Single-Member Districts |
Singapore 2 (1959-68) |
Majoritarian |
Plurality |
Single-Member Plurality |
Single-Member Districts |
Singapore 3 (1963) |
Majoritarian |
Plurality |
Single-Member Plurality |
Single-Member Districts |
Singapore 4 (1968-76) |
Majoritarian |
Plurality |
Single-Member Plurality |
Single-Member Districts |
Singapore 5 (1980-84) |
Majoritarian |
Plurality |
Single-Member Plurality |
Single-Member Districts |
Singapore 6 (1988) |
Majoritarian |
Plurality |
Closed Block |
One and Three Member Districts |
Singapore 7 (1991) |
Majoritarian |
Plurality |
Closed Block |
One and Four Member Districts |
Singapore 8 (1997-) |
Majoritarian |
Plurality |
Closed Block |
One, Four, Five, and Six Member Districts |
Sri Lanka 1 (1947-56) |
Majoritarian |
Plurality |
Single-Member Plurality and Closed Block |
Mostly Single-Member Districts |
Sri Lanka 2 (1960-77) |
Majoritarian |
Plurality |
Single-Member Plurality and Closed Block |
Mostly Single-Member Districts |
Sri Lanka 3 (1989-) |
Ni-Ni |
Two Tier |
Superposition-No Correction |
LR Hare + LR Hare |
Suriname (1987-) |
Proportional |
Single Tier |
Multiple Districts |
d’Hondt |
Uruguay 1 (1984-94) |
Ni-Ni |
Combined Vote |
Linked to Presidential, One National District |
d’Hondt |
Uruguay 2 (1999-) |
Ni-Ni |
Combined Vote |
Linked to Presidential, One National District |
d’Hondt |