Duverger's Law Definition

The principle that plurality -rule elections (such as first past the post ) structured within single-member districts tend to favour a two-party system , and that "the double-ballot majority system and proportional representation tend to favor multipartism ."

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Origin of Duverger's Law

  • Attributed to Maurice Duverger, French sociologist who published on the subject in the 1950s and 1960s.

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