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party list

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noun

  1. (modifier) of or relating to a system of voting in which people vote for a party rather than for a candidate. Parties are assigned the number of seats which reflects their share of the vote See proportional representation

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The roster of A-listers appearing in this year's ads reads like an Oscar night party list.

From Barron's Feb. 6, 2026

The proportional system does not allow for by-elections, and so the committee has looked at options that would see a candidate replaced by the next available candidate on the party list.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2024

He abandoned his studies at Oxford early to campaign in 1990 elections, when Fidesz won 22 seats, with Viktor Orban top of the party list.

From BBC Jan. 30, 2024

The new law reduces the number of member of the lower house of parliament from 217 to 161, who are now to be elected directly instead of via a party list.

From Seattle Times Dec. 17, 2022

Each elector was to vote first for a party and then for any number of candidates on the party list whom he preferred.

From Proportional Representation Applied To Party Government by T. R. (Thomas Ramsden) Ashworth

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