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majoritarianThis term is used in a general sense to refer to a system of
government where power is concentrated in a single governing
party
which controls a parliamentary
executive having broad constitutional powers to act in the name in
the majority. See also
adversarial
;
consensus
.
A majoritarian electoral system is one which privileges parties
which win a majority of parliamentary seats even if they do no gain
a
majority
of votes.
Single member plurality systems
, and
the
alternative vote
and
second ballot
systems are all seen a
majoritarian electoral systems.
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