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-The '''two-round''' system (also known as the second ballot , runoff voting or ballotage or rerun) is a voting system used to elect a single winner where the
+[[Image:TRS ballot papers.svg|thumb|325px|right|An example of Tow-round voting system. Re-run voting involves two rounds of voting. Only two candidates survive to the second round.]]
-voter casts a single vote for their chosen candidate. However, if no
+The '''two-round''' system (also known as the second ballot , runoff voting or ballotage or rerun) is a voting system used to elect a single winner where the voter casts a single vote for their chosen candidate. However, if no candidate receives the required number of votes (usually an absolute majority or 40–45% with a winning margin of 5–15%), then those candidates having less than a certain proportion of the votes, or all but the two candidates receiving the most votes, are eliminated, and a second round of voting is held.
-candidate receives the required number of votes (usually an absolute
-majority or 40–45% with a winning margin of 5–15%), then those candidates having less than a certain proportion of the votes, or
-all but the two candidates receiving the most votes, are eliminated, and a second round of voting is held.
 ==Terminology==