first-past-the-post system

Elections are held every five years for single member constituencies based on the first-past-the-post system.
Les élections se tiennent tous les cinq ans au scrutin direct majoritaire simple et sur la base de circonscriptions uninominales.
The only country in the European Union which has a smaller percentage of spoilt ballot papers is the United Kingdom, in its tried and tested first-past-the-post system.
Le seul pays de l'Union européenne où le pourcentage de bulletins de vote nuls est moindre, est le Royaume-Uni, avec son système majoritaire qui a subi l'épreuve du temps.
The voting procedure is based on the principle of first-past-the-post system in each riding.
La procédure du vote repose sur le principe du système uninominal majoritaire à un tour dans chaque circonscription.
In the British parliamentary system only one party is ever in power, because the first-past-the-post system there favors the strongest party.
Dans le régime parlementaire britannique, seul un parti gouverne car le système électoral majoritaire favorise le parti le plus puissant.
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