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electoral system

method by which voters make a choice between options
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Summary

electoral system ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,412 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: state system[2]
  • Part of: democracy[3]
  • Commons category: Voting systems[4]
  • Has part(s): majority rule[5], plurality voting system[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Electoral systems[7]
  • Topic has template: Template:Electoral systems[8], Voting Systems[9]
  • Main Wikidata property: P8196[10]
  • Different from: voting method[11]
  • Has list: comparison of electoral systems[12]
  • Studied by: psephology[13]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[14]

Why It Matters

electoral system has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 67 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11d ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0) → XX554934
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ast', 'az', 'bg', 'bn', 'ca', 'ckb', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'diq', 'el', 'en'
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0002536-volebni-systemy
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0002536-volebni-systemy, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → democracy
    Different from → voting method
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 2001335
    Aliases → —
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|12 */ Yso id: 17977, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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