A plurality voting system is a system of voting where the candidate or option that gets the plurality of the votes becomes the winner of the election.(ACE, Bristow-Johnson, 2010)
Here are five examples of plurality voting systems:
- First Past The Post (FPTP)
- Block Vote (BV)
- Party Block Vote (PBV)
- Instant-runoff Vote (IRV)
- Two-Round System (TRS)
Examples of countries that use a plurality voting system:(ACE, 2025)