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SS2: GOVERNMENT - 1ST TERM

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  1. Electoral Process | Week 1
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    1 Quiz
  2. Types of Electoral Process | Week 2
    5 Topics
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    1 Quiz
  3. Electoral Process Continues - Proportional, Representation, Repeated Ballot, Direct and Indirect Elections | Week 3
    5 Topics
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    1 Quiz
  4. Ballot Systems | Types of Voting | Week 4
    3 Topics
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    1 Quiz
  5. Organization of Election | Week 5
    4 Topics
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    1 Quiz
  6. Electoral Commission and Electoral Officers | Week 6
    4 Topics
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    1 Quiz
  7. Public Opinion and Mass Media | Week 7
    6 Topics
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    1 Quiz
  8. Civil Service | Week 8
    6 Topics
  9. Personnel Administration in the Civil Service | Week 9
    5 Topics
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    1 Quiz
  10. Public Corporation | Week 10
    9 Topics
  11. Commercialization, Privatization and Deregulation of Public Corporations | Week 11
    4 Topics
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    1 Quiz



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Absolute Majority System, Meaning, Merits, and Demerits

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  • Meaning of Absolute Majority System
  • Merits of Absolute Majority System
  • Demerits of Absolute Majority System

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:

 

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