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Brief Profiles of Countries, EMB’s and Partner Organisations of A-WEB

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ELECTORAL SYSTEMS OF A-WEB MEMBER COUNTRIES

S. Country Body System Seats per District Total seats Threshold
No.

President Two-round system
1 Afghanistan Single Non Transferrable Vote
House of the People 2-33 249
(SNTV)
President Elected by the Assembly

2 Albania Party list PR: Closed lists: D’Hondt 3% (parties) or 5%
Assembly 3-34 140 (coalitions) of votes
method
in respective district
President FPTP

3 Angola Party list PR: Closed lists: D’Hondt [90 (5 per 18 provinces),
National Assembly 130 seats in one nat’l 220
method
constituency]
Modified Two-round system
(winner in 1st round with 45% of
President
votes; or with 40% and a 10% lead
over the second)
Party list PR: Closed lists: D’Hondt 5-70 (Renewed by
4 Argentina Chamber of Deputies 257 3%
method halves)
2 seats to most voted party or
coalition, 1 seat to second most
Senate 3 72
voted party or coalition (limited
vote with closed lists)
6 (12 per state, renewed
Senate (STV) proportional representation 76
by halves), 2 per territory
5 Australia
House of
Representatives Majority Preferential Vote 1 151
6 Bahamas House of Assembly FPTP 1 42
300+ 50 seats
7 Bangladesh Jatiyo Sangshad Proportional representation 1 reserved for
women
8 Barbados House of Assembly FPTP 1 30
President Two-round system
9 Belarus House of
Representatives Two-round system 1 110
President Two-round system
10 Benin Party list PR: Largest remainder (24
National Assembly 2-5 (average 35) 83
districts)
National Assembly FPTP 1 47
11 Bhutan 130 + 20
National Council FPTP (20 seats) 1
appointed

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