Content Categorized with "Asia and Oceania"
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South African elections: from liberation movement politics to genuine political diversity
- Posted: April 24, 2009
- Author(s): Eve Robert
- Categories: Asia and Oceania, Elections Worldwide
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I wonder if President Obama and Prime Minister Rudd talked about instant runoff voting today...
- Posted: March 24, 2009
- Author(s): Rob Richie
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Asia and Oceania, Elections Worldwide
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Another successful PR election in New Zealand
- Posted: December 2, 2008
- Author(s): Jannike Ballo
- Categories: Asia and Oceania, Elections Worldwide
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International Snapshot: Australia 2007
- Posted: January 1, 2008
- Author(s): Aurelie Marfort
- Categories: Research & Analysis, Instant Runoff Voting, Asia and Oceania, International Elections, FairVote
On November 24th 2007, Australia elected its House of Representatives with instant runoff voting (IRV), as it has for more than eight decades. After four straight election defeats, the Labor Party won a landslide majority of seats. Under IRV, Labor's initial 44% of first choices turned into a clear majority after considering the choices of supporters of third party candidates with too little support to win seats. The Green Party's 7.79% share of the national vote largely went to Labor in House races; that share earned several senate seats elected by proportional voting. Due in large part to compulsory voting, turnout was 94.77%; Australians rank near the top of national comparisons of voter satisfaction with their government.
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IRV and Indian Presidential Elections
- Posted: July 23, 2007
- Author(s): Moni T
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Asia and Oceania, Elections Worldwide
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Lesson from South Korea on constitutionality of winner-take-all
- Posted: May 24, 2006
- Author(s): Jack Santucci
- Categories: Asia and Oceania, Elections Worldwide
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International Snapshot: Japan 2005
- Posted: September 25, 2005
- Author(s): David Moon
- Categories: Research & Analysis, Asia and Oceania, International Elections, FairVote, Elections Worldwide, All Reports
The results of Japan’s September 2005 parliamentary elections have been held up by the Japanese media as demonstrating a stunning mandate for Prime Minster Junichiro Koizumi, leader of the nation’s Liberal Democratic Party. FairVote’s analysis of the election results, however, indicates that this mandate was far from clear, with Koizumi’s party in fact winning just 38% of the popular vote. As our International Spotlight research series demonstrates, time and again, a nation’s choice of electoral system often has just as much impact on the election results, as candidate or party popularity and other factors.