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Summary

Description	English: See legend.
Date	18 January 2015
Source	File:BlankMap-World-Microstates.svg
Author	See image page.

Legend

**English** (en): States and dependencies colored by voting system used for upper house elections.
Single-member constituencies: (Red) First past the post (FPTP) Bhutan Liberia Myanmar Nigeria Poland (Maroon) Two-round system (TRS) Czechia (Puce) Instant-runoff voting (IRV) Multi-member constituencies, majoritarian: (Orange) Block voting (BV) or mixed FPTP and BV Brazil Northern Mariana Islands Palau Philippines (Brown) Party block voting (PBV) or mixed FPTP and PBV (Yellow) Single non-transferable vote (SNTV) or mixed FPTP and SNTV (Peach) Mixed BV and SNTV Puerto Rico (Citron) limited voting or cumulative voting Mexico Spain Multi-member constituencies, proportional: (Light blue) Party-list proportional representation (party-list PR, closed list) Argentina Bolivia Paraguay Romania Uruguay (Persian green) Party-list proportional representation (party-list PR, open list) Chile (Olive) Partially party-list proportional representation (party-list PR, closed list) Equatorial Guinea (Mint) Single transferable vote Australia Mixed majoritarian and proportional: (Dark pink) Mixed-member majoritarian / Parallel voting (party-list PR and FPTP) Italy Kenya (Fuschia) Mixed-member majoritarian / Parallel voting (party-list PR and BV or PBV) (Oxley) Parallel voting (party-list PR and SNTV) Japan Other: (Grey) Varies by federal states, or constituency USA, Switzerland (varies by state or canton) Ireland (elected by select constituencies) Indirect election: (Casal) Election by electoral college or local/regional legislatures Austria Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Burundi Cambodia DR Congo Ethiopia France Germany India Isle of Man Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Morocco Namibia Netherlands Nepal Pakistan R Congo Russia South Africa Zimbabwe (Dark Indigo) Partly elected by electoral college or local/regional legislatures and appointed by head of state Algeria Gabon Madagascar Malaysia Turkmenistan Uzbekistan (Royal Blue) Partly elected by electoral college or local/regional legislatures, partly elected in single-member districts by FPTP, and partly appointed by head of state Egypt No election (Black) No elections (Dark grey) Appointed by head of state (Light grey) No information / In transition (Lighter grey) Unicameral unused:

: unused, formerly trs + list-pr

unused formerlyInstant-runoff voting (IRV)

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Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
18:09, 14 June 2022	863 × 443 (1.67 MB)	Rankedchoicevoter	new colors
14:07, 30 April 2022	863 × 443 (1.65 MB)	Rankedchoicevoter	Mauritania unicameral, colors
19:51, 23 January 2022	863 × 443 (1.66 MB)	Rankedchoicevoter	Nepal, Mexico
00:28, 6 January 2022	863 × 443 (1.66 MB)	Rankedchoicevoter	Bhutan FPTP
19:46, 5 January 2022	863 × 443 (1.66 MB)	Rankedchoicevoter	Mexico, Argentina, Spain limited voting
11:57, 5 January 2022	863 × 443 (1.66 MB)	Rankedchoicevoter	Ireland
11:51, 5 January 2022	863 × 443 (1.66 MB)	Rankedchoicevoter	Italy (mmm), Romania (list pr), Switzerland, US (varies by state/canton)
08:22, 19 October 2019	863 × 443 (1.66 MB)	Braganza	austria
15:52, 20 November 2017	863 × 443 (1.66 MB)	B1mbo	Chile update
17:42, 17 January 2015	863 × 443 (1.66 MB)	Howard the Duck	Removed legend.