uninominal

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Din ciclul Bogdan Olteanu vrea sa intre in Parlament iar …. pe vot uninominal.

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  1. Relating to one name only. See the extract. An electoral bill for establishing uninominal voting—that is voting for single candidates in separate districts, instead of list voting. Appleton's Ann. Cyc, 1899, p. 84.
  2. Consisting of a single word or term, as a zoölogical or botanical name; also, specifying that system of nomenclature in which objects are designated by such names. See the extract. Perceiving sundry objections to binomial, etc., some have sought to obviate them by using binominal, uninominal, plurinominal, etc. Coues, The Auk, VI. 320.

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  • Din ciclul Bogdan Olteanu vrea sa intre in Parlament iar …. pe vot uninominal. —  piticu .ro
  • The lower chamber will be made up of 130 seats, from which 68 will be uninominal (single district / simple majority / based on population and territory) and 54 plurinominal (party lists headed by President and VP / proportional representation) and 8 "special indigenous" seats (simple majority / indigenous districts). —  Mabblog
 

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  1. from Latin unus, one, + nomen (nomin-),name, + -al.
 

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