Absolute Majority System, Meaning, Merits, and Demerits

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Absolute majority system is the electoral system in which the winner must score more than half of the total votes cast (50% + 1) or (51%) in an election.

This system is easy to operate in a two-party system where there are only two contestants. But in a multi-party system where there are more than two contestants, it may be difficult for a winner to emerge at the first round of voting. It may always result in a second balloting.

For example at the end of voting, election results may be thus:

Election Results:

In the above distribution of votes, at the end of the election, Whearse will be declared