The election of the deputies according to the constitution had to be done "by simple plurality of suffrages".
The members of both chambers are elected every four years by simple plurality.
The three candidates who receive the most votes then stand in a nationwide election with a simple plurality needed to win.
It will take a simple plurality to win today, and the winner is not likely to get more than 40 percent of the vote, if that.
Whoever wins a simple plurality of the national vote is elected; there is no runoff election.
In Virginia, a simple plurality determines the winner, so only 26 percent of the vote could win a four-way race.
The elections are conducted by simple plurality, with an average constituency having a population of around 17,000 people.
He needs half the 672 votes plus one to win on the first ballot, but could eventually win with a simple plurality.
The election was by direct popular vote; a simple plurality was required to win.
In the end, the government prescribed simple plurality in the next election.