Runoff election - Runoff election

Japanese: 決選投票 - けっせんとうひょう

〘 noun 〙 In an election in which the winner is decided by an absolute majority system, if no candidate receives a majority of the valid votes in the first round of voting, a second vote is held for the top two candidates to decide the winner. This is especially the case in elections for the Speaker and officers of both Houses of the Diet, and in votes to nominate the Prime Minister. ※Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun - November 26, 1890 (Meiji 23) "In order to hold a second runoff vote on this matter"

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Japanese:

〘名〙絶対多数制によって当選者を決める選挙で、はじめの投票で有効投票の過半数を得た候補者のない場合、当選人を決めるため上位の二人について再び行なう投票をいう。特に、国会両院の議長・役員選挙、内閣総理大臣の指名投票などで行なわれる。※東京日日新聞‐明治二三年（1890）一一月二六日「是について更に決選投票を為さんが為め」

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