Borda count

The Borda count is a voting system used for single-winner elections in which each voter rank-orders the candidates.

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Borda count - Voting system - Election - In which each voter rank-orders the candidates

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The Borda count was devised by Jean-Charles de Borda in June of 1770. It was first published in 1781 as Mémoire sur les élections au scrutin in the Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, Paris. This method was devised by Borda to fairly elect members to the French Academy of Sciences and was used by the Academy beginning in 1784 until quashed by Napoleon in 1800.

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Jean-Charles de Borda - French Academy of Sciences - Napoleon

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The Borda count is classified as a positional voting system because each rank on the ballot is worth a certain number of points. Other positional methods include first-past-the-post (plurality) voting, and minor methods such as "vote for any two" or "vote for any three".

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Positional voting system - First-past-the-post

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