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What is a First Past the Post Electoral System?

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What is a First Past the Post Electoral System?

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First Past the Post (FPTP) also known as plurality voting. Is the electoral system we have in British Local and Parliamentary Elections. Voters are divided into constituencies and each district elects a candidate using “winner takes all” plurality. This tends to result in a disproportionate number of seats been allocated to the party with the largest vote share, see below.