Electoral Systems and Election Management

Carter, Elisabeth; Farrell, David M.

Abstract

The sine qua non of representative democracies is a process of elections that is fair and competitive. This is the role of electoral institutions, which determine how elections are fought, how the act of voting results in the election of political representatives and the determination of which political leader (in a presidential system), or party or set of parties (in a parliamentary system), is to form the executive leadership for the next few years. Electoral institutions cover a multitude of responsibilities. This chapter deals with two: the electoral system, which is responsible for determining how the voting act translates into an election result; and election management bodies, providing the over-arching structure within which ...

Citation

Carter, E., & Farrell, D. M. (2010). Electoral Systems and Election Management. In L. LeDuc, R. G. Niemi, & P. Norris (Eds.), Comparing Democracies 3: Elections and Voting in the 21st Century. SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781446288740

• Publication Date: 2010
• Deposit Date: May 17, 2024
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Book Title: Comparing Democracies 3: Elections and Voting in the 21st Century
• Chapter Number: 2
• ISBN: 9781847875044; 9781446288740
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4135/9781446288740
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