A simple plurality system is adopted for 23 FCs, with an eligible voter casting one vote only.

"It's the one who gets out the votes who wins, and in our plurality system you don't always need a lot of votes to win."

Elections are held under a simple plurality system.

In the election, the candidates to receive the most votes win, in a system known as the multi-member plurality system.

Were the election conducted using the plurality system, compromising would be effective.

In this example, therefore, runoff voting removes the potential for tactical voting that would be there under the plurality system.

In Example I above Catherine would have won under the plurality system because she has more votes than any other candidate.

However the contingent vote's system of transfers makes it less vulnerable to the spoiler effect than the plurality system.

The Governor is elected under the plurality system.

The other major and related criticism, the one emphasized most often, is that the plurality system of voting works against national third parties.