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A winner-take-allelectoral system is one where a voting bloc can win all seats in a legislature or electoral district, denying representation to any political minorities. Such systems are used in many major democracies. Such systems are sometimes called "majoritarian representation", though this term is a misnomer, as most such systems do not always elect majority preferred candidates and can allow parties to take a majority of seats with a minority of the vote. A less-common, but more accurate, term is majorizing or majorized representation.
Any election with only a single seat is a winner-take-all system (as it is impossible for the winner to take less than one seat). As a result, legislatures elected by single-member districts are considered winner-take-all, despite allowing for some minority representation if the minority wins in some constituency.