Country rankings
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
Albania | Indirect, Proportional |
Algeria | Single winner, Proportional+1 |
Andorra | No election, Mixed |
Angola | Single winner, Proportional |
Antigua and Barbuda | No election, Majoritarian+1 |
Argentina | Single winner, Proportional+1 |
Armenia | Single winner, Proportional |
Australia | No election, Majoritarian+1 |
Austria | Single winner, Proportional+1 |
Azerbaijan | Single winner, Majoritarian |
Bahamas | No election, Majoritarian+1 |
Bahrain | No election, Majoritarian+1 |
Bangladesh | Indirect, Majoritarian |
Barbados | Indirect, Majoritarian+1 |
Belarus | Single winner, Majoritarian+1 |
Belgium | No election, Proportional+1 |
Belize | No election, Majoritarian+1 |
Benin | Single winner, Proportional |
Bermuda | No Election, Single Winner |
Bhutan | No election, Majoritarian+1 |
Bolivia | Single winner, Mixed+1 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Majoritarian, Proportional |
Botswana | Indirect, Majoritarian |
Brazil | Single winner, Proportional+1 |
Bulgaria | Single winner, Proportional |
Burundi | Single winner, Proportional |
Cambodia | Mixed |
Cameroon | Single winner, Majoritarian |
Canada | No election, Majoritarian+1 |
Cape Verde | Single winner, Proportional |
Central African Republic | Single winner, Majoritarian |
Chile | Single winner, Proportional+1 |
Colombia | Single winner, Proportional+1 |
Comoros | Single winner, Majoritarian |
Costa Rica | Single winner, Proportional |
Croatia | Single winner, Proportional |
Cuba | Majoritarian |
Cyprus | Single winner, Proportional |
Czechia | Single winner, Proportional+1 |
Denmark | Proportional |
Djibouti | Single winner, Majoritarian |
Dominica | Majoritarian |
Dominican Republic | Single winner, Proportional+1 |
DR Congo | Single winner, Mixed+1 |
Ecuador | Single winner, Proportional |
Egypt | Single winner, Mixe |
El Salvador | Single winner, Proportional |
Equatorial Guinea | Single winner, Proportional |
Eritrea | Majoritarian |
Estonia | Single winner, Proportional |
Eswatini | No election, Majoritarian+1 |
Ethiopia | Indirect, Majoritarian+1 |
Fiji | Proportional |
Finland | Single winner, Proportional |
France | Single winner, Majoritarian |
Gabon | Single winner, Majoritarian |
Gambia | Single winner, Majoritarian |
Georgia | Single winner, Mixed |
Germany | Single winner, Proportional |
Ghana | Single winner, Majoritarian |
Gibraltar | Majoritarian |
Greece | Single winner, Proportional (2023), semi-proportional (after 2023) |
Grenada | No election, Majoritarian |
Guatemala | Single winner, Proportional |
Guinea | Single winner, Mixed |
Guinea-Bissau | Single winner, Proportional |
Guyana | Single winner, Mixed |
Haiti | Single winner |
Honduras | Single winner, Proportional |
Hungary | Single winner, Mixed |
Iceland | Single winner, Proportional |
India | Majoritarian |
Indonesia | Single winner, Proportional+1 |
Iran | Single winner, Majoritarian+1 |
Iraq | Semi-proportional |
Ireland | Single winner, Proportional |
Israel | Single winner, Proportional |
Italy | Mixed, Mixed |
Ivory Coast | Single winner, Majoritarian |
Jamaica | No election, Majoritarian |
Japan | Mixed, Mixed |
Jordan | Mixed |
Kazakhstan | Single winner, Proportional |
Kenya | Single winner, Majoritarian+1 |
Kiribati | Single winner, Majoritarian |
Kuwait | Semi-proportional |
Kyrgyzstan | Single winner, Mixed |
Laos | Majoritarian |
Latvia | Proportional |
Lebanon | Proportional |
Lesotho | Proportional |
Liberia | Single winner, Majoritarian+1 |
Liechtenstein | Proportional |
Lithuania | Single winner, Mixed |
Luxembourg | Proportional |
Macau | Proportional |
Madagascar | Single winner, Majoritarian |
Malawi | Single winner, Majoritarian |
Malaysia | Single winner, Majoritarian+1 |
Maldives | Single winner, Majoritarian |
Mali | Single winner, Majoritarian |
Malta | Proportional |
Marshall Islands | Mixed |
Mauritania | Single winner, Mixed |
Mauritius | Majoritarian |
Mexico | Single winner, Mixed+1 |
Micronesia | Majoritarian |
Moldova | Single winner, Proportional |
Monaco | Mixed |
Mongolia | Single winner, Majoritarian |
Montenegro | Single winner, Proportional |
Morocco | Mixed |
Mozambique | Single winner, Proportional |
Myanmar | Majoritarian, Majoritarian |
Namibia | Single winner, Proportional |
Nauru | Semi-proportional |
Nepal | Mixed |
Netherlands | Proportional, Proportional+1 |
New Zealand | Proportional |
Nicaragua | Single winner, Proportional |
Niger | Single winner, Proportional |
Nigeria | Single winner, Mixed+1 |
Niue | Mixed |
North Macedonia | Single winner, Proportional |
Norway | Proportional |
Pakistan | Single winner, Majoritarian |
Palau | Single winner, Majoritarian+1 |
Palestine | Single winner, Mixed |
Panama | Single winner, Mixed |
Papua New Guinea | No election, Majoritarian |
Paraguay | Single winner, Proportional+1 |
Peru | Single winner, Proportional |
Philippines | Single winner, Mixed+1 |
Poland | Single winner, Proportional+1 |
Portugal | Single winner, Proportional |
Republic of the Congo | Single winner, Majoritarian |
Romania | Single winner, Proportional+1 |
Russia | Single winner, Mixed |
Rwanda | Single winner, Proportional |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | No election, Majoritarian |
Saint Lucia | No election, Majoritarian |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | No election, Majoritarian |
Samoa | Majoritarian |
San Marino | Proportional |
Sao Tome and Principe | Single winner, Proportional |
Senegal | Single winner, Mixed |
Serbia | Single winner, Proportional |
Seychelles | Single winner, Mixed |
Sierra Leone | Single winner, Proportional |
Singapore | Single winner, Majoritarian |
Slovakia | Single winner, Proportional |
Slovenia | Proportional |
Solomon Islands | No election, Majoritarian |
Somalia | Single winner |
South Africa | Indirect, Proportional |
South Korea | Single winner, Mixed |
Spain | Proportional, Semi-proportional |
Sri Lanka | Single winner, Proportional |
Suriname | Indirect, Proportional |
Sweden | Proportional |
Switzerland | Indirect, Proportional+1 |
Syria | Single winner |
Taiwan | Single winner, Mixed |
Tajikistan | Single winner, Mixed |
Tanzania | Single winner, Mixed |
Thailand | No election, Mixed |
Timor-Leste | Single winner, Proportional |
Togo | Single winner, Majoritarian |
Tonga | Majoritarian |
Trinidad and Tobago | Majoritarian |
Tunisia | Single winner, Proportional |
Turkey | Single winner, Proportional |
Turkmenistan | Single winner, Majoritarian |
Tuvalu | No election, Majoritarian |
Uganda | Single winner, Majoritarian |
Ukraine | Single winner, Proportional |
United Kingdom | Proportional, Mixed+7 |
United States | Single winner, Majoritarian+1 |
Uruguay | Single winner, Proportional+1 |
Uzbekistan | Single winner |
Vanuatu | Semi-proportional Mixed |
Vatican City | Election by unelected body |
Venezuela | Single winner, Mixed |
Vietnam | Indirect, Majoritarian |
Yemen | Single winner, Majoritarian |
Zambia | Single winner, Majoritarian |
Zimbabwe | Single winner, Mixed+1 |
Quick answers
- 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.


























































































































































































