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SS2: GOVERNMENT - 1ST TERM

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

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  • Simple Majority (Plurality System): Meaning, Merits and Demerits

Simple Majority System also referred to as ‘first past the post’ or plurality system, allows candidates that scored the highest number of votes among the candidates in an election to be declared the winner. The winner need not score the majority vote. Nigeria operates this system.

For example, if 5 contestants contested for a post among 10,000 voters. At the end of voting, the election result is thus:

 

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