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Electoral Systems by Country

Electoral Systems by Country: compare 213 countries on 4 metrics.

General Electoral System Type (IDEA)

7 values across 212 entries

Data

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187 countries
AlbaniaIndirect, Proportional
AlgeriaSingle winner, Proportional+1
AndorraNo election, Mixed
AngolaSingle winner, Proportional
Antigua and BarbudaNo election, Majoritarian+1
ArgentinaSingle winner, Proportional+1
ArmeniaSingle winner, Proportional
AustraliaNo election, Majoritarian+1
AustriaSingle winner, Proportional+1
AzerbaijanSingle winner, Majoritarian
BahamasNo election, Majoritarian+1
BahrainNo election, Majoritarian+1
BangladeshIndirect, Majoritarian
BarbadosIndirect, Majoritarian+1
BelarusSingle winner, Majoritarian+1
BelgiumNo election, Proportional+1
BelizeNo election, Majoritarian+1
BeninSingle winner, Proportional
BermudaNo Election, Single Winner
BhutanNo election, Majoritarian+1
BoliviaSingle winner, Mixed+1
Bosnia and HerzegovinaMajoritarian, Proportional
BotswanaIndirect, Majoritarian
BrazilSingle winner, Proportional+1
BulgariaSingle winner, Proportional
BurundiSingle winner, Proportional
CambodiaMixed
CameroonSingle winner, Majoritarian
CanadaNo election, Majoritarian+1
Cape VerdeSingle winner, Proportional
Central African RepublicSingle winner, Majoritarian
ChileSingle winner, Proportional+1
ColombiaSingle winner, Proportional+1
ComorosSingle winner, Majoritarian
Costa RicaSingle winner, Proportional
CroatiaSingle winner, Proportional
CubaMajoritarian
CyprusSingle winner, Proportional
CzechiaSingle winner, Proportional+1
DenmarkProportional
DjiboutiSingle winner, Majoritarian
DominicaMajoritarian
Dominican RepublicSingle winner, Proportional+1
DR CongoSingle winner, Mixed+1
EcuadorSingle winner, Proportional
EgyptSingle winner, Mixe
El SalvadorSingle winner, Proportional
Equatorial GuineaSingle winner, Proportional
EritreaMajoritarian
EstoniaSingle winner, Proportional
EswatiniNo election, Majoritarian+1
EthiopiaIndirect, Majoritarian+1
FijiProportional
FinlandSingle winner, Proportional
FranceSingle winner, Majoritarian
GabonSingle winner, Majoritarian
GambiaSingle winner, Majoritarian
GeorgiaSingle winner, Mixed
GermanySingle winner, Proportional
GhanaSingle winner, Majoritarian
GibraltarMajoritarian
GreeceSingle winner, Proportional (2023), semi-proportional (after 2023)
GrenadaNo election, Majoritarian
GuatemalaSingle winner, Proportional
GuineaSingle winner, Mixed
Guinea-BissauSingle winner, Proportional
GuyanaSingle winner, Mixed
HaitiSingle winner
HondurasSingle winner, Proportional
HungarySingle winner, Mixed
IcelandSingle winner, Proportional
IndiaMajoritarian
IndonesiaSingle winner, Proportional+1
IranSingle winner, Majoritarian+1
IraqSemi-proportional
IrelandSingle winner, Proportional
IsraelSingle winner, Proportional
ItalyMixed, Mixed
Ivory CoastSingle winner, Majoritarian
JamaicaNo election, Majoritarian
JapanMixed, Mixed
JordanMixed
KazakhstanSingle winner, Proportional
KenyaSingle winner, Majoritarian+1
KiribatiSingle winner, Majoritarian
KuwaitSemi-proportional
KyrgyzstanSingle winner, Mixed
LaosMajoritarian
LatviaProportional
LebanonProportional
LesothoProportional
LiberiaSingle winner, Majoritarian+1
LiechtensteinProportional
LithuaniaSingle winner, Mixed
LuxembourgProportional
MacauProportional
MadagascarSingle winner, Majoritarian
MalawiSingle winner, Majoritarian
MalaysiaSingle winner, Majoritarian+1
MaldivesSingle winner, Majoritarian
MaliSingle winner, Majoritarian
MaltaProportional
Marshall IslandsMixed
MauritaniaSingle winner, Mixed
MauritiusMajoritarian
MexicoSingle winner, Mixed+1
MicronesiaMajoritarian
MoldovaSingle winner, Proportional
MonacoMixed
MongoliaSingle winner, Majoritarian
MontenegroSingle winner, Proportional
MoroccoMixed
MozambiqueSingle winner, Proportional
MyanmarMajoritarian, Majoritarian
NamibiaSingle winner, Proportional
NauruSemi-proportional
NepalMixed
NetherlandsProportional, Proportional+1
New ZealandProportional
NicaraguaSingle winner, Proportional
NigerSingle winner, Proportional
NigeriaSingle winner, Mixed+1
NiueMixed
North MacedoniaSingle winner, Proportional
NorwayProportional
PakistanSingle winner, Majoritarian
PalauSingle winner, Majoritarian+1
PalestineSingle winner, Mixed
PanamaSingle winner, Mixed
Papua New GuineaNo election, Majoritarian
ParaguaySingle winner, Proportional+1
PeruSingle winner, Proportional
PhilippinesSingle winner, Mixed+1
PolandSingle winner, Proportional+1
PortugalSingle winner, Proportional
Republic of the CongoSingle winner, Majoritarian
RomaniaSingle winner, Proportional+1
RussiaSingle winner, Mixed
RwandaSingle winner, Proportional
Saint Kitts and NevisNo election, Majoritarian
Saint LuciaNo election, Majoritarian
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesNo election, Majoritarian
SamoaMajoritarian
San MarinoProportional
Sao Tome and PrincipeSingle winner, Proportional
SenegalSingle winner, Mixed
SerbiaSingle winner, Proportional
SeychellesSingle winner, Mixed
Sierra LeoneSingle winner, Proportional
SingaporeSingle winner, Majoritarian
SlovakiaSingle winner, Proportional
SloveniaProportional
Solomon IslandsNo election, Majoritarian
SomaliaSingle winner
South AfricaIndirect, Proportional
South KoreaSingle winner, Mixed
SpainProportional, Semi-proportional
Sri LankaSingle winner, Proportional
SurinameIndirect, Proportional
SwedenProportional
SwitzerlandIndirect, Proportional+1
SyriaSingle winner
TaiwanSingle winner, Mixed
TajikistanSingle winner, Mixed
TanzaniaSingle winner, Mixed
ThailandNo election, Mixed
Timor-LesteSingle winner, Proportional
TogoSingle winner, Majoritarian
TongaMajoritarian
Trinidad and TobagoMajoritarian
TunisiaSingle winner, Proportional
TurkeySingle winner, Proportional
TurkmenistanSingle winner, Majoritarian
TuvaluNo election, Majoritarian
UgandaSingle winner, Majoritarian
UkraineSingle winner, Proportional
United KingdomProportional, Mixed+7
United StatesSingle winner, Majoritarian+1
UruguaySingle winner, Proportional+1
UzbekistanSingle winner
VanuatuSemi-proportional Mixed
Vatican CityElection by unelected body
VenezuelaSingle winner, Mixed
VietnamIndirect, Majoritarian
YemenSingle winner, Majoritarian
ZambiaSingle winner, Majoritarian
ZimbabweSingle winner, Mixed+1

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Where does this electoral systems by country data come from?
Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Electoral System Family - Idea International; List of Electoral Systems by Country - Wiki; Electoral System (Chamber 1) - ACE Project; Global Ranking Of Electoral Systems - Citizen Network.