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run-off  

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  • Run-off electoral systems use two rounds of voting to select a single winner. The first round eliminates some of the candidates, while the second round chooses between the remaining candidates. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; Run-off]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/run-off

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