Electoral System Design Database

Electoral system for national legislature

Theme	Electoral System Design Database
Description	Essentially, there are 12 main electoral systems, the majority of which fall into three broad families (see Electoral System Family). This data shows electoral system for national legislature.

Breakdown by continent

Continent	In transition	BV	BC	LV	AV	TRS	PBV	FPTP	Parallel	STV	SNTV	MMP	List PR	No direct elections	Other	No data	Countries researched
Africa	1 (1.9%)	1 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (13.0%)	4 (7.4%)	19 (35.2%)	7 (13.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.9%)	20 (37.0%)	2 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	54
Americas	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (7.1%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (38.1%)	2 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.8%)	18 (42.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	42
Asia	0 (0.0%)	4 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (12.5%)	1 (2.1%)	11 (22.9%)	10 (20.8%)	1 (2.1%)	3 (6.3%)	1 (2.1%)	9 (18.8%)	4 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	48
Europe	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (6.3%)	6 (12.5%)	2 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.2%)	33 (68.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	48
Oceania	0 (0.0%)	3 (18.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (12.5%)	1 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (50.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (6.3%)	1 (6.3%)	1 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	16
Other	0 (0.0%)	4 (44.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (33.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (11.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (11.1%)	1 (11.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9
Total	1	15	0	1	2	18	5	60	25	3	5	7	82	7	1	0	217

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Country	Year	Value (Text)	Details
Afghanistan	2018	SNTV	View
Albania	2021	List PR	View
Algeria	2021	List PR	View
Andorra	2023	Parallel	View
Angola	2022	List PR	View
Anguilla	2020	FPTP BV	View
Antigua and Barbuda	2023	FPTP	View
Argentina	2023	List PR	View
Armenia	2021	List PR	View
Aruba	2021	List PR	View
Australia	2022	AV	View
Austria	2024	List PR	View
Azerbaijan	2024	FPTP	View
Bahamas	2021	FPTP	View
Bahrain	2022	TRS	View
Bangladesh	2024	FPTP	View
Barbados	2022	FPTP	View
Belarus	2024	FPTP	View
Belgium	2024	List PR	View
Belize	2020	FPTP	View
Benin	2023	List PR	View
Bermuda	2020	FPTP	View
Bhutan	2023	FPTP	View
Bolivia	2020	MMP	View
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2022	List PR	View
Botswana	2024	FPTP	View
Brazil	2022	List PR	View
Brunei Darussalam	2017	No direct elections	View
Bulgaria	2023	List PR	View
Burkina Faso	2020	List PR	View
Burundi	2020	List PR	View
Cabo Verde	2021	List PR	View
Cambodia	2023	List PR	View
Cameroon	2020	FPTP PBV List PR	View
Canada	2021	FPTP	View
Cayman Islands	2021	FPTP	View
Central African Republic	2020	TRS	View
Chad	1997	TRS PBV List PR	View
Chile	2021	List PR	View
China	2017	No direct elections	View
Colombia	2022	List PR	View
Comoros	2020	TRS	View
Congo, Democratic Republic of	2023	FPTP List PR	View
Cook Islands	2022	FPTP	View
Costa Rica	2022	List PR	View
Croatia	2024	List PR	View
Cuba	2023	TRS	View
Cyprus	2021	List PR	View
Cyprus (North)	2022	List PR	View
Czechia	2021	List PR	View
Côte d'Ivoire	2021	FPTP PBV	View
Denmark	2022	List PR	View
Djibouti	2023	Parallel	View
Dominica	2022	FPTP	View
Dominican Republic	2020	List PR	View
Ecuador	2021	List PR	View
Egypt	2020	TRS PBV	View
El Salvador	2024	List PR	View
Equatorial Guinea	2022	List PR	View
Eritrea	2017	No direct elections	View
Estonia	2023	List PR	View
Eswatini	2023	FPTP	View
Ethiopia	2021	FPTP	View
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2021	BV	View
Fiji	2022	List PR	View
Finland	2023	List PR	View
France	2022	TRS	View
Gabon	2023	TRS	View
Georgia	2024	List PR	View
Germany	2021	MMP	View
Ghana	2020	FPTP	View
Gibraltar	2023	LV	View
Greece	2023	List PR	View
Greenland	2021	List PR	View
Grenada	2022	FPTP	View
Guatemala	2023	List PR	View
Guernsey	2020	BV	View
Guinea	2020	Parallel	View
Guinea-Bissau	2023	List PR	View
Guyana	2020	List PR	View
Haiti	2021	TRS	View
Holy See (Vatican City State)	2017	No direct elections	View
Honduras	2021	List PR	View
Hungary	2022	MMP	View
Iceland	2021	List PR	View
India	2024	FPTP	View
Indonesia	2024	STV	View
Iran, Islamic Republic of	2024	TRS	View
Iraq	2021	SNTV	View
Ireland	2020	STV	View
Isle of Man	2021	BV	View
Israel	2022	List PR	View
Italy	2022	Parallel	View
Jamaica	2020	FPTP	View
Japan	2021	Parallel	View
Jersey	2022	FPTP BV	View
Jordan	2024	List PR	View
Kazakhstan	2023	Parallel	View
Kenya	2022	FPTP	View
Kiribati	2020	TRS	View
Korea, Dem. People's Republic of	2005	TRS	View
Korea, Republic of	2024	MMP	View
Kosovo	2021	List PR	View
Kuwait	2024	SNTV	View
Kyrgyzstan	2021	Parallel	View
Lao People's Dem. Republic	2021	BV	View
Latvia	2022	List PR	View
Lebanon	2022	List PR	View
Lesotho	2022	MMP	View
Liberia	2023	FPTP	View
Libya	2012	Parallel	View
Liechtenstein	2021	List PR	View
Lithuania	2024	Parallel	View
Luxembourg	2023	List PR	View
Madagascar	2024	FPTP List PR	View
Malawi	2019	FPTP	View
Malaysia	2022	FPTP	View
Maldives	2024	FPTP	View
Mali	2020	TRS	View
Malta	2022	STV	View
Marshall Islands	2023	BV FPTP	View
Mauritania	2023	Parallel	View
Mauritius	2019	BV	View
Mexico	2021	MMP	View
Micronesia, Federated States of	2023	FPTP	View
Moldova, Republic of	2021	List PR	View
Monaco	2023	Parallel	View
Mongolia	2020	BV	View
Montenegro	2023	List PR	View
Montserrat	2019	TRS	View
Morocco	2021	List PR	View
Mozambique	2019	List PR	View
Myanmar	2020	FPTP	View
Namibia	2019	List PR	View
Nauru	2022	Modified BC	View
Nepal	2022	Parallel	View
Netherlands	2023	List PR	View
Netherlands Antilles	1998	List PR	View
New Zealand	2023	MMP	View
Nicaragua	2021	List PR	View
Niger	2020	List PR	View
Nigeria	2023	FPTP	View
Niue	2023	BV FPTP	View
North Macedonia, Republic of	2024	List PR	View
Norway	2021	List PR	View
Oman	2023	BV FPTP	View
Pakistan	2024	Parallel	View
Palau	2020	FPTP	View
Panama	2024	Parallel	View
Papua New Guinea	2022	AV	View
Paraguay	2023	List PR	View
Peru	2021	List PR	View
Philippines	2022	Parallel	View
Pitcairn Islands	2005	SNTV	View
Poland	2023	List PR	View
Portugal	2024	List PR	View
Qatar	2021	FPTP	View
Republic of The Congo (Brazzaville)	2022	TRS	View
Romania	2020	List PR	View
Russian Federation	2024	Parallel	View
Rwanda	2018	List PR	View
Saint Helena	2021	BV	View
Saint Kitts and Nevis	2022	FPTP	View
Saint Lucia	2021	FPTP	View
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2020	FPTP	View
Samoa	2021	FPTP	View
San Marino	2019	List PR	View
Saudi Arabia	2021	No direct elections	View
Senegal	2022	Parallel	View
Serbia	2023	List PR	View
Seychelles	2020	Parallel	View
Sierra Leone	2018	FPTP	View
Singapore	2020	FPTP PBV	View
Slovakia	2023	List PR	View
Slovenia	2022	List PR	View
Solomon Islands	2024	FPTP	View
Somalia	2022	No direct elections	View
South Africa	2019	List PR	View
South Sudan	2016	In transition	View
Spain	2023	List PR	View
Sri Lanka	2020	List PR	View
State of Palestine	1996	BV	View
Sudan	2000	FPTP	View
Suriname	2020	List PR	View
Sweden	2022	List PR	View
Switzerland	2023	List PR	View
Syrian Arab Republic	2020	BV	View
São Tomé and Príncipe	2022	List PR	View
Taiwan	2024	Parallel	View
Tajikistan	2020	Parallel	View
Tanzania, United Republic of	2020	FPTP	View
Thailand	2023	Parallel	View
The Gambia	2022	FPTP	View
Timor-Leste	2023	List PR	View
Togo	2018	List PR	View
Tokelau	2023	FPTP	View
Tonga	2021	FPTP	View
Trinidad and Tobago	2020	FPTP	View
Tunisia	2024	TRS	View
Turkey	2023	List PR	View
Turkmenistan	2023	TRS	View
Turks and Caicos Islands	2021	FPTP BV	View
Tuvalu	2024	BV	View
Uganda	2021	FPTP	View
Ukraine	2019	Parallel	View
United Arab Emirates	2023	No direct elections	View
United Kingdom	2019	FPTP	View
United States	2024	FPTP	View
Uruguay	2024	List PR	View
Uzbekistan	2024	TRS	View
Vanuatu	2022	SNTV	View
Venezuela	2020	Parallel	View
Viet Nam	2021	TRS	View
Virgin Islands, British	2023	FPTP	View
Yemen	1993	FPTP	View
Zambia	2021	FPTP	View
Zimbabwe	2023	Parallel	View

Total number of countries in selected sample: 217

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