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单词 first-past-the-post system
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first-past-the-post system in British English

(ˌfɜːstpɑːstðəˈpəʊst ˈsɪstəm)
noun
a voting system in which a candidate may be elected by a simple majority rather than an absolute majority
Until then, two parties, National and Labour, had had a stranglehold on politicsin New Zealand in a first-past-the-post system.

Examples of 'first-past-the-post system' in a sentence
first-past-the-post system

This election will surely be the last under the first-past-the-post system.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The simple plurality or first-past-the-post system was employed for all contests.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Moreover, the first-past-the-post system has often been challenged.
The Times Literary Supplement (2010)
So, in our 'first past the post' system, all offer the same policies.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
But the first-past-the-post system is brutally cruel to smaller parties.
The Sun (2014)
In the meantime, we all have to wrestle with the first-past-the-post system.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
They blamed the party's disappointing election night result on the first-past-the-post system.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It is not necessarily more proportional than the existing first-past-the-post system.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
That had always been the best argument for the first-past-the-post system.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Under our first-past-the-post system, the candidate with the most votes is elected.
The Sun (2011)
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