scrutin de liste

1. n. based on the principle of proportional representation; voters choose between party lists, the number elected from each list being determined by the percentage cast for each list out of the total vote Source: wordnet

2. Voting for a group of candidates for the same kind of office on one ticket or ballot, containing a list of them; -- the method, used in France, as from June, 1885, to Feb., 1889, in elections for the Chamber of Deputies, each elector voting for the candidates for the whole department in which he lived, as disting. from scrutin d'arrondissement (da`rôN`des`mäN"), or voting by each elector for the candidate or candidates for his own arrondissement only. Source: webster

3. Voting for a group of candidates for the same kind of office onone ticket or ballot, containing a list of them; -- the method, usedin France, as from June, 1885, to Feb., 1889, in elections for theChamber of Deputies, each elector voting for the candidates for thewhole department in which he lived, as disting. from scrutind'arrondissement (da`rôN`des`mäN"), or voting by each elector for thecandidate or candidates for his own arrondissement only. Source: adambom

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