Editing Plurality voting (section)

=== Multi-winner systems ===
Multi-member plurality elections are only slightly more complicated. Where ''n'' is the number of seats in the district, the ''n'' candidates who get more votes than the others are elected;<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Dulay |first1=Dean |last2=Go |first2=Laurence |date=2021-08-01 |title=First among equals: The first place effect and political promotion in multi-member plurality elections |journal=Journal of Public Economics |language=en |volume=200 |pages=104455 |doi=10.1016/j.jpubeco.2021.104455 |issn=0047-2727 |s2cid=236254332 |doi-access=free}}</ref> the winners are the ''n'' candidates with the largest number of votes. The rules may allow the voter to vote for one candidate, for a number of candidates more than one but less than ''n'', for as many as ''n'' candidates, or some other number.

When voters may vote for only one candidate, it is called the [[single non-transferable vote]]. While seemingly most similar to [[First-past-the-post voting|first-past-the-post]], in effect it is a semi-proportional system allowing for mixed representation in one district, and representation of both majority parties and electoral minorities within a district.

When voters can vote for one or more candidates, but in total less than the number of winners, it is called [[limited voting]].

The multi-winner version considered to be the extension of first-past-the-post to multi-winner cases is [[plurality block voting]]. Here voters may vote for as many candidates as there are seats to fill, which means usually candidates from the largest party will fill all the seats in the district.

The party-list version of plurality voting in multi-member districts is called [[general ticket|party block voting]]. Here the party receiving a plurality of votes wins all of the seats available.