first past the post

English

Noun

first past the post (uncountable)

1. A voting system where the candidate with the most votes (a plurality) wins, without any form of preference transfer.

   Synonym: FPTP

   • 2023 August 7, Nesrine Malik, “British people are kinder and less divided than politicians give us credit for”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     In our two-party system, that aloofness and hostility is partly a result of a first-past-the-post electoral system that worships the wedge, with each party terrified that one issue might catch fire and swing marginal seats away from victory.

Synonyms

• simple majority voting
• plurality voting

Translations

voting system where the candidate with the most votes (a plurality) wins, without any form of preference transfer

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 簡單多數制 / 简单多数制 (jiǎndān duōshùzhì), 單一選區多數決 / 单一选区多数决 (dānyī xuǎnqū duōshùjué)

• Danish: flertalsvalg i enkeltmandskredse n (parliamentary elections, e.g. in the UK), simpelt flertal n
• Finnish: pluraliteettijärjestelmä
• Georgian: მაჟორიტარული სისტემა (mažoriṭaruli sisṭema), მაჟორიტარული საარჩევნო სისტემა (mažoriṭaruli saarčevno sisṭema)
• German: Mehrheits-
• Hungarian: egyszerű többség
• Japanese: 単純小選挙区制 (たんじゅんしょうせんきょくせい, tanjunshōsenkyokusei)
• Romanian: vot majoritar simplu n