Direct election is a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the persons or political party that they...

(Amendment XVII) to the United States Constitution established the direct election of United States senators in each state. The amendment supersedes Article...

Direct democracy or pure democracy is a form of democracy in which the electorate decides on policy initiatives without elected representatives as proxies...

A double direct election is an election in which an individual is elected to two political offices in one electoral event. The term originates in Canada...

jure and de facto sovereign state and dependent territory an article on elections in that entity has been included and information on the way the head of...

political system controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Direct elections, except in the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau...

the presidential system or the semi-presidential system) which use direct elections from the national popular vote ('one person, one vote') of their entire...

ninth person to hold the position (excluding caretakers). Following an election, the president nominates a member of the Knesset to become prime minister...

other democracies that used an electoral college for these elections switched to direct elections in the 19th or 20th century.:215 The electoral college is...

Primary elections or primaries are elections held to determine which candidates will run in an upcoming general election. In a partisan primary, a political...

Mayoral elections in Irvine, California, are held every two years. The first direct-election for mayor in the city's history was held in 1988. All such...

four by-election to the 8th State Duma, 18 gubernatorial elections (17 direct and one indirectly elected), 11 regional parliamentary elections, and many...

world in favor of direct elections for an executive president.:215 Article II, Section 1, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution directs each state to...

Seanad election, a direct election, the constitution was amended, so that further elections to the Seanad occurred by a method of indirect election. Therefore...

Parliament of India. Members of parliament of Lok Sabha are chosen by direct elections on the basis of the adult suffrage. The maximum permitted strength...

electorate in the world after India. It was the biggest transnational direct election in history, and the 10 new member states elected MEPs for the first...

S. Constitution: Direct Election of U.S. Senators (1913)". National Archives and Records Administration. February 8, 2022. Election Statistics (by state...

electors: nine for Harrison and five for Cleveland. In California, the direct election of presidential electors combined with the close race resulted in a...

the capital of the state. There are 90 seats in the house filled by direct election using a single-member first-past-the-post system. The term of office...

1993, the election of the Mayor was transferred from the City Council to direct election by the people. In 2001, the schedule of such elections was changed...

national governing body). Options for selection of a mayor include direct election by the public, or selection by an elected governing council or board...

reconsider the issue of direct election of the mayor. In June 2012, the council voted to return the question of direct election of mayor to the people...

election process. Some proposals call for the abolition of the Electoral College and the contingent election process in favor of the direct election of...

Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, providing for the direct election of Senators This disambiguation page lists articles associated with...

first direct election, the constitution was amended by the Constitution (Amendment No. 6) Act, passed on 23 July 1928, so that the final three elections to...

members may be selected by a direct election under wide adult enfranchisement, an indirect election, or direct election using another form of suffrage...

among republicans. Four republican models were debated: two involving direct election of the head of state; one involving appointment on the advice of the...

form of parliamentary systems. After Israel decided to abolish the direct election of prime ministers in 2001, there are no national prime-ministerial...

Direct elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo occur for the Presidency, National Assembly (lower house of the legislature), and provincial assemblies...

selection of the head of state in an Australian republic: direct election, parliamentary election by a special majority, and appointment by a special council...