Explain the First Past the Post system

First Past the Post (FPTP) is an electoral system where the country is divided up into constituencies. Each constituency sends one representative to the Parliament. Every voter has one vote and casts it for one candidate. The votes are then all added up and the candidate with the most wins the seat for that constituency. The party that wins the most constituencies, then becomes the government.

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