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Significats de indirect election en anglès

rus
многостепенные выборы
espanyol
votación indirecta
català
sufragi indirecte

Process in which voters in an election do not choose between candidates for an office, but elect persons who will then make the choice; e.g.

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        Ús de indirect election en anglès
        1
        A great deal of virtue was to flow from such an indirect election.
        The Boss and the Machine: A Chronicle of the Politicians and Par...
        2
        If he were to fall after the end of this year, an indirect election is held in Congress.
        The Guardian
        3
        In the former the majority system with direct election is used; in the latter, a proportional system with indirect election.
        Proportional Representation: A Study in Methods of Election
        4
        In that case the two modes of election coincide in their result, and every advantage of indirect election is obtained under direct.
        Considerations on Representative Government
        5
        Other countries manage to strike a workable balance between the powers of democratically elected upper and lower chambers by using methods of indirect election.
        The Guardian
        6
        Indirect election by an electoral college is an acceptable form of democracy, especially when the members of the college are themselves elected by universal suffrage.
        The Irish Times