Isn’t a two round system more accurately described as first one election, then a second election with only the top two candidates if no one gets more than 50%?
Then Melanchon would have been in the second round. Really it works like this
if no candidate secures an absolute majority (including blank and void ballots) of votes in the first round, a second round is held two weeks later between the two candidates who received the most votes.
There is also the parrainage system. You can be disqualified from running if you are not popular enough among sitting politicians.
Isn’t a two round system more accurately described as first one election, then a second election with only the top two candidates if no one gets more than 50%?
Any candidate who gets above 12.5% of the vote goes on to the next elections. Apologies, my original explanation was a bit poor and omitted that
Then Melanchon would have been in the second round. Really it works like this
There is also the parrainage system. You can be disqualified from running if you are not popular enough among sitting politicians.
What you described would be much more democratic.
Ah, good to know.