ballotagen.
/baləˈtɑː(d)ʒ/, U.S. /ˌbæləˈtɑʒ/ In France: the second ballot, to decide between the two candidates who have come nearest to obtaining the majority. Also, in extended use: a similar system adopted elsewhere.
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society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > [noun] > second ballot
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1869 Daily News 9 Dec. M. Glais-Bizoin at the ballotage of yesterday was elected.
1883 Leeds Mercury 26 Sept. 2 He was absolutely nowhere on the ballotage.
1918 C. Seymour & D. Paige Frary How World Votes I. xiii. 283 The southern states on the other hand require a majority and provide that a second primary election between the two highest shall be held in case none is obtained. Ballotage is simple in the South.
1974 E. A. Kolodziej French Internat. Policy i. ii. 122 The 1965 presidential election forced de Gaulle into a ballotage.
2002 M. Llanos Privatization & Democracy in Argentina ii. 38 The reform introduced a ballotage system for the cases where no presidential candidate obtained more than 45 per cent of the votes in the first election.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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