Electoral system

Set of interrelated and legally established principles, norms, rules and technical procedures through which voters express their political preferences through their ballots, which in turn are converted into seats or political power. The main features that make up an electoral system are: the establishment and the size of constituencies, the form of lists, the voting procedure, the threshold and the electoral formula. Electoral systems can be classified into two broad categories: majority systems and proportional systems. Our current system is a proportional representation one and the electoral formula used is the d’Hondt method or system.