Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
élection de type majoritaire
English translation:
first past the post system
Added to glossary by
Conor McAuley
Mar 9, 2004 13:35
20 yrs ago
French term
France
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élection de type majoritaire
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Election terminology.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | "first past the post" election |
Tom Bishop
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| 5 +1 | plurality/majority election system |
Vicky Papaprodromou
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| 3 -1 | majority vote |
Aisha Maniar
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Proposed translations
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45 mins
Tom Bishop
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Technical and commercial translations
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French term (edited):
�lection de type majoritaire
Selected
"first past the post" election
(or "electoral system" if the context permits)
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11 mins
Vicky Papaprodromou
Greece
Greece
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French term (edited):
�lection de type majoritaire
plurality/majority election system
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29 mins
Aisha Maniar
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Specializes in field
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French term (edited):
�lection de type majoritaire
majority vote
Majority Vote:
A vote of more than half of the legislative body considering a measure. The full Assembly requires a majority vote of 41 and the full Senate requires 21, based on their memberships of 80 and 40 respectively.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/glossary.html
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Note added at 1 hr 6 mins (2004-03-09 14:41:14 GMT)
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In reply to Hacene, it\'s called the \"majority vote system\":
www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/ hutchinson/m0012669.html
http://www.janda.org/b20/Lectures/Week 5/W5-1Electoral_syste...
A vote of more than half of the legislative body considering a measure. The full Assembly requires a majority vote of 41 and the full Senate requires 21, based on their memberships of 80 and 40 respectively.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/glossary.html
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Note added at 1 hr 6 mins (2004-03-09 14:41:14 GMT)
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In reply to Hacene, it\'s called the \"majority vote system\":
www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/ hutchinson/m0012669.html
http://www.janda.org/b20/Lectures/Week 5/W5-1Electoral_syste...
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