Is the first-past-the-post necessarily the first?

Article Type

Research Article

Publication Title

Studies in Microeconomics

Abstract

In this short note, the probability of the event that in a first-past-the-post voting system, the party winning the maximum number of seats loses in terms of popular votes, is studied under a few simplifying assumptions. It turns out that the said probability is roughly 20 per cent. That is, one-fifth of the times, the said event will happen, on the average.

First Page

133

Last Page

139

DOI

10.1177/2321022218803214

Publication Date

1-1-2018

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