Table of Voting Systems By Country - Voting Systems By Country

Voting Systems By Country

Country Body System Seats per District Total seats Threshold
Afghanistan President Runoff
House of the People SNTV 249
Albania Assembly MMP: Largest remainder (Hare quota) 40 / 1 140 2.5% (parties), 4% (coalitions)
Algeria President Runoff
People's National Assembly Party list 380 5%
Andorra General Council Parallel: Nationwide party lists / Constituency lists 14 / 2 28
Angola President FPTP
National Assembly D'Hondt method (closed lists) 5 per province, 130 across country, + 3 representatives from abroad 233
Antigua and Barbuda House of Representatives FPTP 17
Argentina President Modified runoff
(winner in 1st round with 45% of votes; or with 40% and a 10% lead over the second)
Chamber of Deputies D'Hondt method (closed lists) 5-70 (Renewed by halves) 257 3%
Senate 2 seats to most voted party or coalition, 1 seat to second most voted party or coalition (closed lists) 3 72
Armenia President Runoff
National Assembly Parallel: Largest remainder (Hare quota) / FPTP 90 / 1 131 5% (parties), 7% (coalitions)
Aruba Estates 21
Australia Senate STV 6 per state per election, 2 per territory 76
House of Representatives IRV 150
Austria President Runoff
Nationalrat Largest remainder (Hare quota) at district and regional levels, D'Hondt method for remaining votes at national level 183 4%
Azerbaijan President
National Assembly FPTP 125
Bahamas House of Assembly FPTP 40
Bahrain Council of Representatives Runoff 40
Bangladesh Jatiyo Sangshad FPTP 300 + 30 seats reserved for women
Barbados House of Assembly FPTP 1 (per "constituency") 30
Belarus President Runoff
House of Representatives FPTP 1 110
Belgium Chamber of Representatives D'Hondt method 3–22 150 5%
Senate D'Hondt method 15, 25 40 + 21 chosen by Community parliaments + 10 co-opted
Belize National Assembly FPTP 29
Benin President Runoff
National Assembly Largest remainder method 83
Bermuda House of Assembly FPTP 36
Bhutan National Assembly FPTP 47
National Council FPTP (20 seats) 130 + 20 appointed
Bolivia President Modified runoff
(winner with 50% of votes or 40% and a 10% lead over the second)
Chamber of Deputies Supplementary Member System:

FPTP in uninominal (70 seats) and rural indigenous (7 seats) circonscriptions /
D'Hondt method in 9 Departments (53 seats)

3-15 (uninominal) + 0-1 (special) /
1-13 (plurinominal)
130
Senate D'Hondt method 4 36
Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina FPTP 1 3 (one each of the three major ethnic groups)
House of Representatives Sainte-Laguë method 14, 28 42
Botswana National Assembly FPTP 57 + 4 co-opted + 2 ex officio
Brazil President Runoff
Chamber of Deputies D'Hondt method (open lists) 8–70 513 1 Hare quota
Senate Bloc voting for dual-member elections, FPTP otherwise 1, 2 (alternates each election) 81
Bulgaria President Runoff
National Assembly D'Hondt method (closed lists) 4–14 240 4%
Burkina Faso President Runoff
National Assembly of Burkina Faso Largest remainder (Hare quota) 111
Burma (Myanmar) People's Assembly (Pyithu Hluttaw) FPTP 440 (25% appointed by military)
National Assembly (Amyotha Hluttaw) FPTP 224 (25% appointed by military)
Burundi President Electoral college
National Assembly D'Hondt method 4–11 100 + 18–21 co-opted 2%
Senate Electoral college 1 34 + 3–20 co-opted + ex-presidents
Cambodia National Assembly D'Hondt method 123
Cameroon President Runoff
National Assembly FPTP in single-member constituencies; in multi-member constituencies: party with over 50% of vote gets all seats, otherwise highest party gets half, rest distributed by Largest remainder (Hare quota) 1–7 180 5%
Canada House of Commons FPTP 1 308
Cape Verde President Runoff
National Assembly D'Hondt method 2-15 72
Cayman Islands Legislative Assembly SNTV 2 15 + 3 ex officio
Central African Republic President
National Assembly Runoff 105
Chad President Runoff
National Assembly 155
Chile President Runoff
Chamber of Deputies Binomial System, which tends to yield two equally represented majorities out of unequal voting proportions 2 120
Senate Binomial System (open list) 2 38
Colombia President Runoff
Chamber of Representatives D'Hondt method 2–18 162
Senate D'Hondt method 100 + 2 (indigenous) 102
Comoros President Runoff
Assembly of the Union Runoff 18 + 15 elected by local assemblies
Congo-Brazzaville President Runoff
National Assembly 153
Costa Rica President Runoff
Legislative Assembly Largest remainder method 57
Croatia President Runoff
Sabor D'Hondt method, plus some reserved for minorities and Croatians living abroad 14 153 5%
Cuba National Assembly of People's Power Endorsement of selected candidates 1 609
Cyprus President
House of Representatives Largest remainder (Hare quota; open lists) 3–21 80 (56 for Greek-Cypriots; 24 for Turkish-Cypriots (currently vacant)) and 3 observers from religious minorities 1.8%
Czech Republic Chamber of Deputies D'Hondt method 5–25 200 5% (parties), 8% (coalitions)
Senate Runoff 1 81
Democratic Republic of Congo President Runoff
National Assembly Largest remainder 1-17 500
Denmark Folketinget D'Hondt method 179 2%
Djibouti President Runoff
National Assembly Bloc voting 65
Dominica House of Assembly FPTP 21 + 9 appointed + Speaker + 1 ex officio
Dominican Republic President Runoff
Chamber of Deputies D'Hondt method 2–36 150
Senate FPTP 32
East Timor President Runoff
Parliament Parallel: Largest remainder (75 seats), FPTP (13 seats) 75 / 1 88
Ecuador President Runoff
National Congress D'Hondt method 2–18 100
Egypt President Runoff
People's Assembly Modified Runoff 2 444 + 64 allocated for women + 10 appointed
Shura Council Runoff 174 + 88 appointed
El Salvador President Runoff
Legislative Assembly D'Hondt method 3–20 84
Equatorial Guinea President FPTP
Chamber of People's Representatives Party list 80
Estonia Riigikogu Party list 7–12 per electoral district 101 5%
Ethiopia House of People's Representatives FPTP 546
Fiji House of Representatives IRV 1 71
Finland President Runoff
Eduskunta (and MEPs) D'Hondt method (open lists) 6–34 200
France President Runoff
National Assembly Runoff 1 577
French Senate Electoral college 348
Gabon President
National Assembly Runoff 111 + 9 appointed
Gambia President FPTP
National Assembly FPTP 48 + 5 appointed
Georgia President Runoff
Parliament Parallel: Party-list / FPTP 150 5%
Germany Bundestag MMP: Sainte-Laguë / FPTP 299 / 1 598 + overhang seats 5% or 3 district seats
Ghana President Runoff
Parliament FPTP 230
Greece Hellenic Parliament 250 seats are allocated proportionally via several seat allocations; 50 seats are given to the first party or coalition of parties 288 / 56 288 + 12 MPs for State, elected nationwide 3%
Grenada House of Representatives FPTP 15
Guatemala President Runoff
Congress of the Republic D'Hondt method 29 / 1 158
Guinea President
National Assembly Parallel: Hare quota / FPTP 76 / 1 114
Guinea-Bissau President Runoff
National People's Assembly Party list 100
Guyana National Assembly Largest remainder (Hare quota) 53 (+12 appointed by local councils)
Haiti President
Chamber of Deputies Runoff 1 99
Holy See (Vatican) Pope Electoral college
Honduras President FPTP
National Congress Largest remainder (Hare quota) 128
Hong Kong Legislative Council Parallel
District constituencies: Largest remainder (Hare quota)
Functional constituencies: FPTP, Bloc voting, IRV
4–8 (District constituencies) / 1-3 (Functional constituencies) 60
Hungary National Assembly MMP: D'Hondt method / modified Runoff 386 5% (10% for coalitions)
Iceland President FPTP
Alþing D'Hondt method 9 63 5%
India President Electoral college
House of the People FPTP 1 545
House of the states Single Transferable Vote by state legislatures varies from 1-31 seats 233
Indonesia President Runoff
People's Representative Council Hare quota (open lists) 2-12 560 2.5% nationially
Regional Representatives Council SNTV 4 132
Iran President Runoff
Majlis of Iran Runoff 290
Assembly of Experts 86
Iraq Council of Representatives Party list 5-59 275
Ireland President IRV
Seanad Éireann STV (49/60 seats - restricted franchise) N/A 60
Dáil Éireann STV 3–5 166
Israel Knesset D'Hondt method (Closed Lists) 120 120 2%
Italy Chamber of Deputies 617 list-PR with national majority bonus + 1 FPTP + 12 Largest remainder (Hare quota) 1/44 630 2% (parties in a coalition, except that the first party below 2% in a coalition does receive seats)
4% (parties)
10% (coalitions)


20% in a single district (for the parties of ethnic minorities)

Senate 299 list-PR with regional majority bonus + 2 list-PR without majority bonus + 1 FPTP + 7 MMP + 6 Largest remainder (Hare quota) 1/47 315 3% (parties in a coalition)
8% (parties)
20% (coalitions)
Ivory Coast President Runoff
National Assembly FPTP 225
Jamaica House of Representatives FPTP 1 60
Japan House of Representatives Parallel: D'Hondt method (180 seats) / FPTP (300 seats) 6-29 / 1 480
House of Councillors Parallel: D'Hondt method (48 seats) / SNTV (73 seats) 24 / 1-4 per election 121 per election
Jordan Chamber of Deputies FPTP 104 + 6 women elected by electoral college
Kazakhstan President Runoff
Majilis Party-list 98 + 9 members elected by electoral college 7%
Kenya President FPTP
National Assembly of Kenya FPTP 210 + 12 appointed + 2 ex officio
Kiribati President FPTP
House of Assembly Modified runoff 40 + 1 delegate from Banaba Island and 1 ex officio
Kuwait National Assembly Bloc 2 50
Kyrgyzstan President
Legislative Assembly Parallel: Closed-lists (15 seats) / Runoff (45) 60
Assembly of People's Representatives 45
Laos National Assembly Bloc voting 115
Latvia Saeima Sainte-Laguë method 14–28 100 5%
Lebanon Chamber of Deputies Bloc voting 128
Lesotho National Assembly MMP Party list (40 seats) / FPTP (80 seats) 120
Liberia President Runoff
House of Representatives FPTP 1 73
Senate FPTP 2 per county, 1 per election 30
Liechtenstein Diet Largest remainder (Hare quota) 25 8%
Lithuania President Runoff
Seimas Parallel: Largest remainder (70 seats) / Runoff (71 seats) 70 / 1 141 5% (parties), 7% (coalitions)
Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies D'Hondt method 60
Macau Legislative Council Party list / Functional constituencies / Appointed 12 29
Macedonia President Runoff
Assembly D'Hondt method 20 120
Madagascar President Runoff
National Assembly 1–2 160
Malawi President FPTP
National Assembly FPTP 194
Malaysia Dewan Rakyat FPTP 1 222
Maldives President Runoff
Majlis Bloc voting 2 42 + 8 appointed
Mali President Runoff
National Assembly Runoff 160
Malta President
House of Representatives STV 5 65
Marshall Islands Legislature FPTP 33
Mauritania President Runoff
National Assembly Runoff 81
Mauritius National Assembly 2–3 62 + 8 appointed
Mexico President FPTP
Chamber of Deputies Parallel: Largest remainder (Hare quota) (200 seats) / FPTP (300 seats) 40 / 1 500
Senate Parallel: Largest remainder (Hare quota) / winner takes 2, second takes 1 32 / 3 128
Federated States of Micronesia Congress FPTP (10 seats), PR (4 seats) 14
Moldova Parliament of the Republic of Moldova D'Hondt method 101 101 4%
Monaco National Council SNTV (16 seats), D'Hondt method (8 seats) 24
Mongolia President
State Great Khural FPTP 76
Montenegro Parliament D'Hondt method (closed lists) 5, 76 81 3%
Montserrat Legislative Council 9 9
Morocco Assembly of Representatives Parallel: Largest remainder (295 seats) / list of women (30 seats) 325
Mozambique President Runoff
Assembly of the Republic D'Hondt method 250 250 5%
Namibia President Runoff
National Assembly Hare quota + 6 appointed 78
Nauru Parliament 18
Nepal House of Representatives Semi Proportional Representation (German System) 205
Netherlands House of Representatives D'Hondt method 150 150 0.67%
Senate D'Hondt method 75 75 Election is conducted among the members of the twelve provincial councils
New Zealand House of Representatives (Parliament) MMP: Sainte-Laguë method (51+ seats) / FPTP (69 district seats which also includes 7 seats reserved for Maori) 120 + overhang seats 5% or 1 district seat
Nicaragua President FPTP
National Assembly D'Hondt method 92
Niger President Runoff
National Assembly Party list (105 seats) + 8 from FPTP 113
Nigeria President Runoff
House of Representatives FPTP 1 360
Senate FPTP 1 109
Niue Assembly Bloc voting (6 seats) 1–6 6 + 14 representatives of the villages
North Korea Supreme People's Assembly Endorsement of candidate 687
Norway Storting Modified Sainte-Laguë method (open lists) 4–17 150 + 19 leveling seats 4% for leveling seats
Pakistan National Assembly FPTP, with Party list for women 272 + 10 for religious minorities + 60 for women
Palau President
House of Delegates FPTP 16
Senate FPTP 9
Palestine President FPTP
Legislative Council Parallel: Sainte-Laguë method (closed list; 66 seats) / Bloc voting or FPTP (66 seats) 66 / 1–9 132 2%
Panama President FPTP
National Assembly Single-member constituencies: FPTP; multi-member: Saripolo or Sartori method (Largest remainder, but remainders only for those with no seats) 1– 78
Papua New Guinea National Parliament IRV 1 109
Paraguay President FPTP
Chamber of Deputies D'Hondt method 80
Senate D'Hondt method 45
Peru President Runoff
Congress of the Republic Largest remainder 120
Philippines President FPTP
House of Representatives Parallel: Party list (closed lists; quota) / FPTP (229 districts) 57 / 1 (2010 onwards) 286 (2010 onwards) 2% unless the 57 seats are not filled up, otherwise parties with less than 2% of the vote are given a seat each until the 57 seats are filled up.
Senate Bloc voting 12 / 1 24
Poland President Runoff
Sejm D'Hondt method 7–19 460 5% (8% for coalitions, 0% for national minorities)
Senate FPTP 1 100
Portugal President Runoff
Assembly of the Republic D'Hondt method (Closed Lists) 2–47 230
Romania President Runoff
Chamber of Deputies FPTP 329 5% (parties), 8-10% (coalitions) or 6 district seats
Senate FPTP 137 5% (parties), 8-10% (coalitions) or 3 district seats
Russia President Runoff
State Duma Largest remainder (Closed lists /FPTP) 450 7%
Rwanda President FPTP
Chamber of Deputies Largest remainder 53 + 24 elected by provincial councils + 3 appointed 5%
Saint Kitts and Nevis National Assembly FPTP 11 + 3 appointed + 1 ex officio
Saint Lucia House of Assembly FPTP 17
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines House of Assembly FPTP 15 + 6 appointed
Samoa Fono FPTP / Bloc voting 1–2 47
San Marino Grand and General Council D'Hondt method with national majority bonus 60
São Tomé and Príncipe President Runoff
National Assembly Party list 55
Senegal President Runoff
National Assembly Bloc voting 120
Serbia President Runoff
National Assembly D'Hondt method 250 250 5% (0.4% for minorities)
Seychelles President FPTP
National Assembly Parallel: Hare quota (9 seats) / FPTP (25 seats) 9 / 1 34
Sierra Leone President Runoff
Parliament Largest remainder 112 112 + 12 Paramount chiefs 12.5%
Singapore President FPTP
Parliament Bloc voting / FPTP 1 or 4 or 5 or 6 (depending on constituency) 87 + 9 appointed + 9 NCMP
Slovakia President Runoff
National Council of the Slovak Republic Hagenbach-Bischoff (semi-open lists) 150 5% / 7% (coalitions of 2-3 parties) / 10% (coalitions of at least 4 parties)
Slovenia President Runoff
National Assembly D'Hondt method (88 seats) + 2 seats by Borda Count 11/8 + 2 single-seat constituencies 90 4%
Solomon Islands National Parliament FPTP 50
South Africa National Assembly Droop quota (Closed lists) 400
South Korea President FPTP
National Assembly Parallel: Party list (54 seats) / FPTP (245 seats) 299
Spain Congress of Deputies D'Hondt method (Closed Lists) 1–35 350 3%
Senate Partial bloc voting (208 members), appointment by regional legislatures (51 members) 2–4 259
Sri Lanka President Sri Lankan contingent vote
Parliament of Sri Lanka Largest remainder (Hare quota) 4-20 225
Suriname National Assembly of Suriname Party list 51
Sweden Riksdag Modified Sainte-Laguë (Open list) 349 4% (or 12% in a constituency)
Switzerland National Council D'Hondt method (open lists) 1–-34 200
Council of States Varies with canton (generally runoff) 1–2 46
Syria President Endorsement of candidate
People's Council 250, of which 167 are guaranteed for the National Patriotic Front
Taiwan (Republic of China) President FPTP
Legislative Yuan Parallel: FPTP (73 seats) / Largest remainder (Hare quota) (34 seats)
Aboriginal seats: SNTV (6 seats)
1
Aboriginal constituencies: 3
113 5%
Tajikistan President
Supreme Assembly of Tajikistan Parallel: Party list (22 seats) / Runoff single-member constituencies (41 seats) 63
Tanzania President FPTP
National Assembly FPTP 324
Thailand House of Representatives Parallel: Party list (80 seats) / FPTP (400 seats) 1-3 480
Senate FPTP or SNTV 200
Togo President Runoff
National Assembly of Togo Runoff 81
Tonga Legislative Assembly Runoff 9 + 9 elected by nobles + 10 members of Privy Council + 2 governors
Trinidad and Tobago House of Representatives FPTP 1 41
Tunisia President FPTP
Chamber of Deputies Parallel: Highest average for parties not winning an electorate (37 seats) / FPTP (152 seats) 34 / 1 189
Turkey President Runoff
Grand National Assembly D'Hondt method 2-25 550 10%
Turkmenistan President
Assembly Runoff 50
Tuvalu Parliament FPTP or SNTV 1–2 15
Uganda President FPTP
National Assembly FPTP 214 + 78 from various groups
Ukraine President Runoff
Verkhovna Rada Parallel: Party list (Hare quota) / FPTP 225 / 1 450 5%
United Kingdom House of Commons FPTP 1 650
Scottish Parliament Additional Member System 1 129
Welsh Assembly Additional Member System 1 60
Northern Ireland Assembly Single Transferable Vote 6 108
London Assembly Additional Member System 1 25
Local elections FPTP for England and Wales, Single Transferable Vote for Scotland and Northern Ireland
United States President Electoral college (electors generally chosen using either FPTP on per state basis, or primary election followed by a second round)
House of Representatives FPTP 1 435
Senate FPTP 2 per state, 1 per election 100
Uruguay President Runoff
Chamber of Deputies D'Hondt method 2-42 99
Chamber of Senators D'Hondt method 30 30 + vice-president
Uzbekistan President Runoff
Vanuatu Parliament SNTV 52
Venezuela President FPTP
National Assembly Parallel: Regional party list (closed list; D'Hondt method) (52 seats) / FPTP or bloc voting, and FPTP in districts reserved for indigenous peoples (113 seats) 2 (20 states)-3 (4) / 1 (68 districts), 2 (15), and 3 (4); at least 1 district per state. The three indigenous' districts comprise some whole states 165
Vietnam National Assembly 498
Yemen President Runoff
Assembly of Representatives FPTP 301
Zambia President FPTP
National Assembly FPTP 150
Zimbabwe President Runoff
House of Assembly FPTP 210
Senate FPTP 60 + 11 appointed by the President

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