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    A single-member district or constituency is an electoral district represented by a single officeholder. It contrasts with a multi-member district, which...
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    plurality (FPP) also known as single-member district plurality (SMDP)—often shortened simply to plurality—is a single-winner voting rule. Voters typically...
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  • purpose, determines each district's boundaries and whether each will be represented by a single member or multiple members. Generally, only voters (constituents)...
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    plurality voting, and in systems based on single-member districts, plurality voting is called single member [district] plurality (SMP), which is widely known...
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    when FPTP is used in single-member districts and list-PR in multi-member districts, but every voter is a member of only one district (one tier). Some hybrid...
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  • of Commons has 338 members, elected for a maximum four-year term in single-seat electoral districts, and the Senate has 105 members appointed by the governor...
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  • voters in their district. The basic area of Advisory Neighborhood Commissions are Single Member Districts. There are 299 Single Member Districts, which in turn...
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    multi-member districts and single-member districts, a method called Parallel voting. Currently, 176 members are elected from 11 multi-member districts (called...
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    to be constituted. The Senate is composed of 40 members, each elected from a single-member district with a population of approximately 540,000 residents...
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    composed of 120 members, each elected from a single-member district with a population of approximately 180,000 residents. Legislative districts are drawn on...
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    The Yuhua Single Member Constituency is a single member constituency (SMC) located in the western area of Singapore. The ward covers the area of Yuhua...
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    take less than one seat). As a result, legislatures elected by single-member districts are often described as using "winner-take-all". However, winner-take-all...
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    multi-member electoral districts the system is commonly referred to as "block voting" or the "bloc vote". These systems are usually based on a single round...
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  • At-large (redirect from Member-at-large)
    black minority, was ordered by a federal district court to develop single-member districts for election of members to its county council and its school board...
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    disproportional results produced in single-member districts using FPTP or to increase the fairness produced in multi-member districts using list PR. PR systems...
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    semi-proportional variant of first-past-the-post voting, applied to multi-member districts where each voter casts just one vote. It can also be seen as a variant...
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    until Congress passed the Uniform Congressional District Act which reinforced the single-member district requirement. Article One, Section 2, Clause 3 of...
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    Single-member district 7F08 of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 7F in Washington, D.C., has existed since 2023, its electorate consisting entirely of inmates...
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    Representatives. Senators are elected from 67 single-member districts. In order to account for decennial redistricting, members run for one two-year term and two...
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    states that elected representatives from single-member districts often elected representatives from districts that were not compact, contiguous, or roughly...
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    most representatives are elected in single-member districts (SMDs), and a fixed number of other "additional members" are elected from a closed list to...
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    Metropolitan Area. As of 2011 the district has 9,005 eligible voters. The district has elected the following members of the House of Assembly: "Summary...
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    election from single-member districts and one at-large from the county. Until 2013, the county was divided into three "county commission districts." Three of...
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    38 members, each elected from a single-member district with a population of between approximately 212,400 to 263,500 residents. Legislative districts are...
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    East-Quidi Vidi. Prior to 1956, the district was larger and elected two MHAs. The district has elected the following members of the House of Assembly: For MHAs...
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  • A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments...
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    with 25 member) and the Hawaii State House of Representatives (lower house with 51 representatives). Each lawmaker represents single member district across...
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    70 members, two from each legislative district. Two of the state's 35 legislative districts, Districts 26 and 28, are each subdivided into two single-member...
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    tiers (and so also use a single vote), but use majoritarian representation in many constituencies (single-member districts) but use proportional representations...
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    creating a hybrid of Single Transferable Voting in multi-member districts and Instant-runoff voting in single-member districts, producing proportional...
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