Ballotage

Japanese: ballotage
Ballotage

…There are two types of majoritarian systems: those that require an absolute majority or a relative majority to win. In the UK and the US, the candidate who wins the relative majority is elected, but in France's National Assembly elections, an absolute majority is required to win in the first round of voting, and if there is no candidate who wins, a second round of voting (called ballotage) is held one week later, and this time the winner is decided by a relative majority. Majoritarian systems reflect the will of the majority in the election results, but the will of the minority is ignored. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "ballotage" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…多数代表制は当選の要件に絶対多数を要求するものと相対多数を要求するものとがある。イギリス,アメリカなどでは相対多数を獲得した候補者が当選となるが,フランスの国民議会議員選挙では第1回目の投票で絶対多数を当選の要件とし,そのような候補者がいない場合には1週間後の第2回投票(バロタージュballotageという)を行い,このときは相対多数で当選者を決定する。 多数代表制は多数派の意思を選挙結果に反映させる反面,少数派の意思は無視される。…

※「ballotage」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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