first-past-the-post

British  

noun

1. (modifier) of or relating to a voting system in which a candidate may be elected by a simple majority rather than an absolute majority Compare proportional representation

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Example Sentences

This is done by a first-past-the-post system of voting where the candidate with the most votes wins.

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The Nepali Congress, the country's oldest and largest party by membership, was projected as a strong contender but only managed to garner 18 first-past-the-post seats, coming in a distant second to the RSP which claimed 125 seats.

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Of the 275 seats in the lower house, 165 will be elected through first-past-the-post voting, meaning the candidate with the most votes wins the seat.

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Reform UK, meanwhile, is a more curious case from a Welsh perspective: it came second under the winner takes it all first-past-the-post vote in the Caerphilly by-election, getting 36% of the vote.

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"I would hope that would make them think again about the wisdom of first-past-the-post," he said.

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