The plurality and majority systems may take many forms according to how one defines “the most votes”. There are three possibilities:
♦ Relative (or simple) majority (plurality system/first-past-the-post in English): the candidate obtaining the most votes in the conclusive round (the one on which the election depends) is declared to have been elected.
♦ Absolute majority: defined as half plus one of the votes cast.
♦ Qualified (or reinforced) majority: this corresponds to a greater majority than half plus one of the votes cast (majority equivalent to, for example, two-thirds or three-fifths of the votes cast). This type of majority is little used in elections based on direct universal suffrage.