uninominal


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Synonyms for uninominal

based on the system of having only one member from each district (as of a legislature)

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Dans les reformes electorales, cela se traduit par l'adoption d'un systeme majoritaire uninominal en 1989 et de deux systemes mixtes en 1992 et 1995, qui assurent au parti au pouvoir de gouverner seul.
Este ultimo permite la participacion de un elevado numero de candidatos para un distrito uninominal, generando un trade-off entre voto programatico y voto personal, donde el perfil del candidato adquiere mayor relevancia que la etiqueta partidista al tomar la decision de voto (Carey y Shugart 1995).
The election and legitimisation of the parliamentarian through endorsement of a particular political party maintains itself in the context of the uninominal voting system as well, so long as, in spite of the fact that people, not lists, are elected, the conferment of the mandate is not intuitu personae, but in consideration of a proposed political programme, derived from the party that endorses the candidate in elections (Nica, 2010: 74-75).
Con la informacion obtenida se construyo una base a escala de distrito electoral uninominal (2) con el total de votacion y el porcentaje por partido, incluyendo las opciones resultantes de la formacion de coaliciones.
[beaucoup moins que]Le principe du scrutin uninominal a ete adopte[beaucoup plus grand que], a-t-il ajoute.
Les procedures concernent les dates de presentation des investitures par les partis et les independants, par le scrutin de listes ou uninominal majoritaire, ainsi que les dates de la presentation, de l'examen et de la decision sur les pourvois, ainsi que celles de l'annonce des listes definitives des candidats.
The second step must be a genuine overhaul of electoral law to institute a proportional voting system: in an initial round, there could be uninominal voting (one member per district) based on 128 districts, which is the current number of members of Parliament; next, a determining round could take place in which the country would be divided into medium-sized constituencies -- proportionally comprised of six to eight seats, with the option to arrange these candidates in order of preference.
The second step must be a genuine overhaul of electoral law to institute a proportional voting system: first, there would be a uninominal round of voting (one member per district) based on 128 districts, which is the current number of members of parliament; next, a determining round would take place in which the country would be divided into medium-sized constituencies -- proportionally comprised of six to eight seats, with the option to arrange these candidates in order of preference.
It must be emphasized that uninominal species names are applicable under a nomenclatural approach using ranks and onomatophore-based taxon conceptualization (i.e., as under the Linnaean approach).