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Key

AMS - Additional Member System   OL - Open List system
AV - Alternative Vote system   O/S-OL - Open/Semi-Open List system
CL - Closed List system   S-OL - Semi-Open List system
FPTP - First-Past-the-Post system   STV - Single Transferable Vote system
LV - Limited Vote system   TR - Two-Round system
 
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  Local Regional Lower House Upper House Europe Head of Govt. Head of State
Austria S-OL/CL S-OL/CL S-OL not directly-elected S-OL not directly-elected TR
Belgium S-OL S-OL S-OL S-OL S-OL not directly-elected monarchy
Denmark O/S-OL n/a O/S-OL n/a O/S-OL not directly-elected monarchy
Finland OL OL OL n/a OL not directly-elected TR
France TR/TR + CL TR + CL TR not directly-elected CL not directly-elected TR
Germany OL/CL/AMS AMS/CL AMS not directly-elected CL not directly-elected not directly-elected
Greece S-OL/TR + S-OL not elected OL (+ CL) n/a CL not directly-elected not directly-elected
Ireland STV n/a STV not directly-elected STV not directly-elected AV
Italy FPTP/TR+S-OL
TR + CL		 FPTP+S-OL AMS AMS OL not directly-elected not directly-elected
Luxembourg TR/OL n/a OL n/a OL not directly-elected monarchy
The Netherlands S-OL S-OL S-OL S-OL S-OL not directly-elected monarchy
Portugal CL CL CL n/a CL not directly-elected TR
Spain CL CL CL LV CL not directly-elected monarchy
Sweden S-OL S-OL S-OL n/a S-OL not directly-elected monarchy
United Kingdom FPTP/STV AMS/STV FPTP not elected CL/STV not directly-elected monarchy


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