Editing Two-round system (section)

== Origins ==
The French system of [[ballotage]] was first established as part of the reforms of the [[July Monarchy]], with the term appearing in the Organic Decree of 2 February 1832 of the French government, which mandated a second-round election "when none of the candidates obtains an absolute majority".<ref name="SAB23">{{cite journal |last=Sabsay |first=Daniel Alberto |date=1995 |title=El sistema de doble vuelta o ballotage |url=http://www.derecho.uba.ar/publicaciones/lye/revistas/62/el-sistema-de-doble-vuelta-o-ballotage.pdf |url-status=live |publisher=Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Buenos Aires |issn=0024-0079 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221107171722/http://www.derecho.uba.ar/publicaciones/lye/revistas/62/el-sistema-de-doble-vuelta-o-ballotage.pdf |archive-date=2022-11-07 |access-date=2024-07-18 |number=62 |periodical=Lecciones y Ensayos}}<!-- auto-translated from Spanish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> The rule has since gained substantial popularity in [[South America]], [[Eastern Europe]], and [[Africa]], where it is now the dominant system.<ref name="SAB23" />

Some variants of the two-round system use slightly different rules for eliminating candidates before the second round, allowing more than two candidates to proceed to the second round in some cases. Under such systems, in the second round it is sufficient for a candidate to receive a [[Plurality (voting)|plurality]] of votes (more votes than anyone else), not necessarily a majority, to be elected.