Panachage

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Panachage (English: /ˌpænəˈʃɑːʒ/, from French meaning "blend, mixture")^[1] is a mixed single vote variant of proportional representation. In panachage, voters support individual candidates (rather than parties). Voters have multiple votes, which they can split between individual candidates in different party lists. Seats are then allocated to parties based on the total number of votes for all of their candidates, combined. Seats within a party go to that party's most-popular candidates (assuming a completely open list).^[2]

The system is used in legislative elections for Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, and Switzerland; in national elections in Ecuador, El Salvador, and Honduras; and in local elections in a majority of German states, in Czechia, and in French communes with under 1,000 inhabitants.^{[citation needed]}