Editing Plurality voting (section)

=== Comparison to non-plurality systems ===
Plurality voting is often contrasted with (absolute) majority voting<ref>{{Cite web |title=Election - Plurality, Majority, Systems {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/election-political-science/Plurality-and-majority-systems |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> where variant of runoff voting (multi-round voting) are also classified. However, in formal social choice theory, the term majority voting has a different definition, and runoff voting methods could also be classified under plurality{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}. 
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!Number of winners
!Plurality-based systems
!Non-plurality systems
!Explanation (what makes non-plurality system fundamentally different)
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| rowspan="6" |'''Single-winner'''
| rowspan="6" |[[First-past-the-post voting|'''First-past-the-post''']]
|[[Anti-plurality voting|Anti-plurality]]
|Voters mark one candidate they do not want elected, the candidate with least votes wins
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|[[Runoff voting (disambiguation)|Multi-round voting]]
|Usually majority rule in first round (candidate wins only if they have more than half of the votes),
typically plurality voting (technically: SNTV) determines which candidates compete in second round,
majority rule for second round (with only two candidates).
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|[[Ranked voting|Ranked systems]]
|Voters may rank candidates.
Some ranked systems simulate multi-round voting.
Some ranked systems use plurality rule with weighted (positional) inputs ([[Borda count]]), but are not considered plurality voting.
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|[[Score voting]]
|Voters score candidates on a scale.
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|[[Random ballot]]
|Winner gets sorted randomly from ballots
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|[[Sortition]]
|Does not use ballots
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| rowspan="9" |'''Multi-winner'''
| rowspan="6" |Candidate-based plurality voting:
'''[[Plurality block voting]]''', '''[[limited voting]]''', '''[[single non-transferable vote]]'''
|[[Single transferable vote|Single-transferable vote]]
|Voters may rank candidates. Quota determines who gets elected (and which votes get transferred), not plurality rule (except last seats).
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|[[Score voting]]
|Voters may score candidates on a scale.
[[Multiwinner approval voting|Approval block voting]], while using the plurality rule is also technically a score voting system.
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|[[Proportional approval voting]]
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|Multiple random ballots
|Winners get sorted randomly from ballots
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|[[Sortition]]
|Does not use ballots
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| rowspan="2" |Panachage
| rowspan="2" |While voters vote only for candidates (and may vote across party lines), the seat allocation is primarily based on list-PR, in an open list-system.
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| rowspan="3" |List-based plurality voting:
[[General ticket|'''Party block voting/General ticket (plurality)''']]
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|[[Open list]] proportional representation
([[Party-list proportional representation|list-PR]])
|While voters may vote only for candidates (or lists) within lists, the seat allocation is primarily based on [[Party-list proportional representation|list-PR]].
The candidate votes change ranking within list (usually with plurality rule).
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|[[Closed list]] proportional representation
([[Party-list proportional representation|list-PR]])
|Voters usually can vote for just one party, but seat allocation is proportional, not by plurality rule.
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