ACE Electoral Knowledge Network

Electoral Systems Quiz

1. What is the most frequently used electoral system in the world?
   
   

   A: The First Past the Post System (FPTP)
   B: The List PR System
   C: The Two Round System (TRS)
   

2. What unusual electoral system – which included voters casting one vote for one candidate in multi-member districts – was used in Japan between 1947 and 1993?
   
   

   A: The Single Non-Transferable Vote (SNTV)
   B: Block Vote
   C: Single Transferable Vote (STV)
   

3. What country in southern Africa changed their electoral system to a Mixed Member Proportional System (MMP) – with both single- and multi member districts – after violent demonstrations in 2002?
   
   

   A: Lesotho
   B: South Africa
   C: Botswana
   

4. What group of electoral systems (/electoral system family) is the most likely to produce majority governments (with a single party)?
   
   

   A: Pluraltiy/Majority systems
   B: Mixed systems
   C: Proportional systems
   

5. What electoral system was used in the first democratic elections in South Africa in 1994?
   
   

   A: A Two Round System (TRS) with additional distribution requirements
   B: A First Past the Post System (FPTP) with single member districts
   C: A List PR System (with closed lists and no legal threshold)
   

6. What is true for a Two Round System?
   
   

   A: It establishes more than a simple plurality (usually an absolute majority) of votes supporting the winning candidate
   B: It requires parties to present closed party lists
   C: It is used primarily in Latin America
   

7. What has been known to promote the election of women to legislatures?
   
   

   A: Electoral systems with large districts
   B: Electoral systems in large countries
   C: Electoral systems with small districts