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"ref": "2023 August 7, Nesrine Malik, “British people are kinder and less divided than politicians give us credit for”, in The Guardian",
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "voting system where the candidate with the most votes (a plurality) wins, without any form of preference transfer",
"word": "簡單多數制"
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"sense": "voting system where the candidate with the most votes (a plurality) wins, without any form of preference transfer",
"word": "pluraliteettijärjestelmä"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "mažoriṭaruli sisṭema",
"sense": "voting system where the candidate with the most votes (a plurality) wins, without any form of preference transfer",
"word": "მაჟორიტარული სისტემა"
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"sense": "voting system where the candidate with the most votes (a plurality) wins, without any form of preference transfer",
"word": "მაჟორიტარული საარჩევნო სისტემა"
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"sense": "voting system where the candidate with the most votes (a plurality) wins, without any form of preference transfer",
"word": "Mehrheits-"
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"sense": "voting system where the candidate with the most votes (a plurality) wins, without any form of preference transfer",
"word": "egyszerű többség"
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"alt": "たんじゅんしょうせんきょくせい",
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"word": "pluraliteettijärjestelmä"
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"sense": "voting system where the candidate with the most votes (a plurality) wins, without any form of preference transfer",
"word": "მაჟორიტარული სისტემა"
},
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"sense": "voting system where the candidate with the most votes (a plurality) wins, without any form of preference transfer",
"word": "მაჟორიტარული საარჩევნო სისტემა"
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"sense": "voting system where the candidate with the most votes (a plurality) wins, without any form of preference transfer",
"word": "単純小選挙区制"
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