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Countries of certain type

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Countries using FPTP

Country	Electoral System for National Legislature	Type	Tiers	Legislature Size (Directly elected, voting members)	Electoral System for President	Related Information
Anguilla	FPTP	Plurality/Majority	1	7, 7	Not applicable	Turnout \| Quotas
Antigua and Barbuda	FPTP	Plurality/Majority	1	17, 17	Not applicable	Turnout \| Quotas
Azerbaijan	FPTP	Plurality/Majority	1	125, 125	TRS	Turnout \| Quotas
Bahamas	FPTP	Plurality/Majority	1	38, 38	Not applicable	Turnout \| Quotas
Bangladesh	FPTP	Plurality/Majority	1	300, 300	Not applicable	Turnout \| Quotas
Barbados	FPTP	Plurality/Majority	1	30, 30	Not applicable	Turnout \| Quotas
Belize	FPTP	Plurality/Majority	1	31, 31	Not applicable	Turnout \| Quotas
Bermuda	FPTP	Plurality/Majority	1	36, 36	Not applicable	Turnout \| Quotas
Botswana	FPTP	Plurality/Majority	1	57, 57	Not applicable	Turnout \| Quotas
Canada	FPTP	Plurality/Majority	1	308, 308	Not applicable	Turnout \| Quotas
Cook Islands	FPTP	Plurality/Majority	1	24, 24	Not applicable	Turnout \| Quotas
Dominica	FPTP	Plurality/Majority	1	21, 21	Not applicable	Turnout \| Quotas
Ethiopia	FPTP	Plurality/Majority	1	Maximum 550, Maximum 550	Not applicable	Turnout \| Quotas
Gambia	FPTP	Plurality/Majority	1	48, 48	TRS	Turnout \| Quotas
Ghana	FPTP	Plurality/Majority	1	Minimum 144, Minimum 144	TRS	Turnout \| Quotas
Grenada	FPTP	Plurality/Majority	1	15, 15	Not applicable	Turnout \| Quotas
India	FPTP	Plurality/Majority	1	Maximum 550, Maximum 550	Not applicable	Turnout \| Quotas
Jamaica	FPTP	Plurality/Majority	1	63, 63	Not applicable	Turnout \| Quotas
Kenya	FPTP	Plurality/Majority	1	337, 337	TRS	Turnout \| Quotas
Liberia	FPTP	Plurality/Majority	1	73, 73	TRS	Turnout \| Quotas
Madagascar	FPTP	Plurality/Majority	H	127, 127	TRS	Turnout \| Quotas
Malawi	FPTP	Plurality/Majority	1	193, 193	FPTP	Turnout \| Quotas
Malaysia	FPTP	Plurality/Majority	1	222, 222	Not applicable	Turnout \| Quotas
Maldives	FPTP	Plurality/Majority	1	77, 77	TRS	Turnout \| Quotas
Micronesia, Federated States of	FPTP	Plurality/Majority	2	14, 14	Not applicable	Turnout \| Quotas
Myanmar	FPTP	Plurality/Majority	1	Maximum 330, Maximum 330	Not applicable	Turnout \| Quotas
Nigeria	FPTP	Plurality/Majority	1	360, 360	TRS	Turnout \| Quotas
Palau	FPTP	Plurality/Majority	1	16, 16	TRS	Turnout \| Quotas
Saint Kitts and Nevis	FPTP	Plurality/Majority	1	11, 11	Not applicable	Turnout \| Quotas
Saint Lucia	FPTP	Plurality/Majority	1	17, 17	Not applicable	Turnout \| Quotas
Saint Vincent and The Grenadines	FPTP	Plurality/Majority	1	15, 15	Not applicable	Turnout \| Quotas
Sierra Leone	FPTP	Plurality/Majority	1	112, 112	TRS	Turnout \| Quotas
Solomon Islands	FPTP	Plurality/Majority	1	50, 50	Not applicable	Turnout \| Quotas
Swaziland	FPTP	Plurality/Majority	1	55, 55	Not applicable	Turnout \| Quotas
Tanzania, United Republic of	FPTP	Plurality/Majority	1	239, 239	TRS	Turnout \| Quotas
Tonga	FPTP	Plurality/Majority	1	17, 17	Not applicable	Turnout \| Quotas
Trinidad and Tobago	FPTP	Plurality/Majority	1	41, 41	Not applicable	Turnout \| Quotas
Uganda	FPTP	Plurality/Majority	1	238, 238	TRS	Turnout \| Quotas
United Kingdom	FPTP	Plurality/Majority	1	650, 650	Not applicable	Turnout \| Quotas
United States	FPTP	Plurality/Majority	1	435, 435	Other	Turnout \| Quotas
Virgin Islands, British	FPTP	Plurality/Majority	2	13, 13	FPTP and BV	Turnout \| Quotas
Yemen	FPTP	Plurality/Majority	1	301, 301	TRS	Turnout \| Quotas
Zambia	FPTP	Plurality/Majority	1	150, 150	FPTP	Turnout \| Quotas
Zimbabwe	FPTP	Plurality/Majority	1	210, 210	TRS	Turnout \| Quotas

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Page last updated September 26, 2012

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