Scru·tin de liste  Voting for a group of candidates for the same kind of office on one ticket or ballot, containing a list of them; -- the method, used in France, as from June, 1885, to Feb., 1889, in elections for the Chamber of Deputies, each elector voting for the candidates for the whole department in which he lived, as disting. from scrutin d'arrondissement or voting by each elector for the candidate or candidates for his own arrondissement only.

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 scrutin de liste
      n : based on the principle of proportional representation;
          voters choose between party lists, the number elected
          from each list being determined by the percentage cast
          for each list out of the total vote [syn: list system,
          scrutin de liste system]