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Insula Dei
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« on: April 27, 2012, 05:04:55 AM »

How do the elections actually work? Is it a FPP system?

Sort of. When no candidate makes 50% there's a run-off.
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« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2012, 08:07:01 AM »

How do the elections actually work? Is it a FPP system?

2-round FPP. Candidates getting more than 12.5% of registered voters goes to the 2nd round. Then, the candidates with the most votes wins.

Wikipedia says a candidate can only win in the first round if they get >50% of votes and >25% of registered voters, and it it also specifies that if nobody gets >12.5% of registered voters, then the second round is just the top two candidates. Is this accurate? What happens when a candidate gets more than 50% of the vote but less than 25% of RV's? Or when only a single candidate gets more than 12.5% of RV's?

First case is a run-off, I'm quite sure. I am tempted to think the second would result in a run-off between the two highest placed candidates.
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